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• Tales of Separation Anxiety and the Green Room

  by Aurora Jones-Owens O.K. It's a perfect world. My little toddler gets up from the breakfast table with a big juicy smile on his face. His little jammies seem glued together with Cheerios and I wonder about those famous oat circles. I finally manage to get our little tyke cleaned and dressed when that familiar odor hits me, and I realize that the potty dialogue got put by the wayside this morning. I check the clock on my way to the wipes and realize that this perfect little world better speed it up or we'll miss our first day of nursery school. Download the full article here

• Overcoming Parental Angst

  by Drew Casertano
  Headmaster, Millbrook School The hands all go up, without a moment’s hesitation. The response seems almost cathartic as parents share the anxiety they feel. Anxiety that seems profound and burdensome.
  The anxiety is about their children, their eighth grade children, and the hand-raising is in response to my question, “How many of you think you are more worried about your children than your parents were worried about you?” I’ve asked the question two to three times a year for nearly two decades when speaking with parents of eighth graders about the privilege of, and process for, secondary school choice. If the response, the anxiety, has changed in those years, it has only become stronger. So, I ask, “What are you worried about?” Invariably, parents respond with, “Life is more dangerous. There are more risks. Life is harder today.” Download the full article here