The waning days of summer mean our bored baby walruses – errr, children – are headed back to school.
Finally! BUH BYE, children!
So, let's have a moment of silence for the numbered days of, "Are we there YET?" and, "Ugh, we never do anything fun!"
Of course, the start of the school year means it's time for that dreaded scavenger hunt: back-to-school shopping.
While you numbly meander through the aisles of box stores, or slowly lose feeling in your mouse hand while loading up your virtual shopping cart, know that we salute you, and we honor the struggle.
Work puts food on the table and travel is often inevitable, so, in that spirit, I give you some of the upsides, if, like me, you need a little help spinning it.
The cognitive burdens my husband had been shouldering had been largely invisible to me, and the same had been true for him. Here's how to make a change.
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