The Telegraph – Anita Griggs
“Parents with a child starting school in September will doubtless be feeling a sense of excitement coupled with a tinge of nerves and even sadness at the end of an era – an era when the parent was the absolute centre of their child’s world. The first day of school is undoubtedly a key rite of passage. This is the start of a new adventure: playing and interacting with new friends, sharing, taking turns and settling into a new routine. But of course, this is not the start of your child’s education which began at at birth, since when you will have been your child’s most influential teachers. During this time at home your child will have learnt more than at any other period in his or her life.”(more)