Trusting the Process: What Parents Learn in the First Year of Preschool
Trusting the Process: What Parents Learn in the First Year of Preschool A quiet change occurs in the first year of preschool. We often see it in children, but it quietly happens to parents, too. In the beginning, nothing really feels settled. You drop your child off at school, adjust their bag, remind them to […]
You’re Not a Bad Parent for Wanting Space
You’re Not a Bad Parent for Wanting Space Let’s get one thing straight: wanting space doesn’t make you a bad parent. It makes you…a parent. A real one. With real needs. And quite possibly, real laundry that still hasn’t folded itself. There’s a strange expectation floating around that the moment you become a parent, you stop needing solitude. That your threshold for noise, chaos, […]
The Learning You Can’t Always See
The Learning You Can’t Always See A gentle reflection on why preschool learning often looks different and why that’s okay. There’s a particular kind of pause we’ve come to recognise in parents. It often comes during school tours or check-ins. A thoughtful silence after they’ve watched their child spend half an hour arranging leaves, pouring sand between containers, or narrating stories about imaginary dogs with wings. […]