After a few weeks off for "vacation," I'm back with a new episode! I put vacation in quotes because it was a lot of traveling, and hectic, but we also did a lot of fun things. This episode is about back to school, and how some kids struggle more than others with this kind of transition. I interview my friend, Nicole, who has taught everything from 1st Grade to Middle School, and has seen hundreds of students come through her classrooms. She talks about some ways that kids show they are having trouble, like crying, or hiding under their desks, and what we as parents can do about it. I tell the story of my first anxiety-inducing day at a new school in the 7th Grade, and how lost and lonely I initially felt. I had bad hair, knew no one, and thought the middle school boys were weird!    #Back to School #ParentingKids #Parenting Teens #ToughTransitions #45leftorrightpodcast #NewPodcastAlert