If you’re a parent, you’ve no doubt worried about your child’s transition into a new school year.

Whether you’re home schooling, unschooling, or traditional schooling, there’s a lot to consider, plan for, and support needed.

Sometimes we want to keep our children in a nice cocooned nest, but in reality our job is to teach them the skills to become a thriving, independent human.

I wrote the following article for a back to school issue of Montana Parent.

But honestly I found the advice I share in it, and was thankful to receive, tremendously helpful as my daughter entered into middle childhood. I still come back to it again and again today.

We can’t keep our children from experiencing some of the hardness of life. But we can be their support, their guiding force, and teach them to trust themselves. And THAT is everything.

To read this article, click the link below and scroll to page 14, or read by clicking on the image below.