6d • General discussion
Those “first day” backpack photos? They’re lying.
School’s back in session. Or maybe homeschool restarted. Or you’re three weeks into a new IEP meeting cycle and already tired of the acronym soup.
However this season looks for your family, here’s what I know. The kid who melted down on day two isn’t broken, and neither are you. September is the month everyone else posts backpack photos and first day smiles, while some of us are white knuckling through transition meltdowns, sensory overload, or a kid who held it together at school and is now falling apart the second they walk in your door.
That falling apart at home thing, by the way, is a compliment. It means you’re the safe place. It doesn’t feel like a compliment at 6pm when the backpack goes flying, but it is one.
You don’t have to have this figured out by Labor Day. You get to still be figuring it out in October, November, and honestly, all year. That’s not failure. That’s just what this looks like.
Tell me your best IRL back to school moment so far, the real one, not the “first day, isn’t this great?”backpack photo version. I’ll go first in the comments.
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Those “first day” backpack photos? They’re lying.
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