This article is one of a three-part series designed to help kids and parents begin the school year smoothly. Monday’s story covered what to do when children don’t want to go to school, and Tuesday’s story focused on how parents can help kids to make friends.
Your kid is headed back to school soon, but you are the one who is nervous. Maybe you think your child spends too much time on screens in class, they didn’t get the teacher you hoped for or they don’t have the accommodations you think they need.
I have both experienced these situations as a parent and heard about them repeatedly from parents, students and educators across the country when I have given talks about how to manage kids’ screen time.
If you are feeling this way, what should you do?
Approaching things in a certain manner will make you more likely to get your concerns addressed, said Dr. Melissa Greenberg, a clinical psychologist and founder of Princeton Psychotherapy Center in New Jersey.
