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12 Handy Tips for Parents of Elementary School Kids

October 23, 2017 By Kim Bongiorno at LetMeStartBySaying Leave a Comment

Finally! Your kids are older now, sitting in that sweet spot between so little they need you all the time and big enough that you’re the one needing them to STOP GROWING UP AND AWAY SO DAMN FAST, OKAY?? It’s time to start letting go of the reins a bit, learn the best way to balance their needs during the elementary school years.

Be involved, but not too involved.

Enjoy your time together, but foster independence so you feel a little less like an old wooden ship with a yelping barnacle that never leaves your side.

Recognize when things are out of your control because they are being their own people now, and not freak the freak out over it.

Here’s some advice from someone who has been there, and is happy to give you a heads-up on how to navigate the path between tot and tween without too many grey hairs.

You’re welcome!

ONE:

12 Tips for Parents of Elementary School Kids by @letmestart | Advice for the elementary years by someone who learned it all the hard way. | LOL for mom and parenting humor

TWO:

Seasonally-appropriate clothing will never be important to them. Get over it.

 

THREE:

12 Tips for Parents of Elementary School Kids by @letmestart | Advice for the elementary years by someone who learned it all the hard way. | LOL for mom and parenting humor

FOUR:

Carpool: GIT SOME, GURL.

 

FIVE:

12 Tips for Parents of Elementary School Kids by @letmestart | Advice for the elementary years by someone who learned it all the hard way. | LOL for mom and parenting humor

SIX:

Just Google it.

 

SEVEN:

12 Tips for Parents of Elementary School Kids by @letmestart | Advice for the elementary years by someone who learned it all the hard way. | LOL for mom and parenting humor

EIGHT:

Cherish these years! (Puberty is JUST around the corner and that shit is SCARY.)

 

NINE:

12 Tips for Parents of Elementary School Kids by @letmestart | Advice for the elementary years by someone who learned it all the hard way. | LOL for mom and parenting humor

TEN:

They’re old enough to tuck themselves in now. And sometimes you.

 

ELEVEN:

12 Tips for Parents of Elementary School Kids by @letmestart | Advice for the elementary years by someone who learned it all the hard way. | LOL for mom and parenting humor

TWELVE:

No matter how big they get they’ll always be your baby.

12 Handy Tips for Parents of Elementary School Kids

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The original version of this post was first published on ScaryMommy’s The Mid.


Kim Bongiorno is an author, full time freelance writer, and the blogger behind Let Me Start By Saying. You can find her on Facebook and Twitter, hire her to write for you or speak at your event.

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