So, you’ve been cooped up in the house with your kids for over a year now. They finally went back to school, but guess what? It’s summertime and…” School’s out for summer…” Usually you look forward to this lazy time with your children. There are no responsibilities, no deadlines, no school projects, no morning alarms, and I am sure you are still excited about that part of summer. No more zoom and no more schoolwork battles, because it is summer!
This summer may be a little different than summers of the past, though. The novelty of not having to go to school every morning has worn off for the kids. They may actually wish they could go to school so they can see all of their friends, a phenomenon that usually doesn’t show up until the dog days of summer. Of course, they don’t come up to you and say, “I really miss going to school. I wish I could go back.” No. It comes out in other ways. They start fighting with their siblings, and once they start fighting, the tattling begins. I don’t know about you, but as a parent the single most irritating thing my children could do was tattle.
