
08/07/2025
🌿Back to School Series: Learning subtle emotional cues in children
Backpacks are packed and supplies are labeled — but how’s your child really feeling?
Back-to-school anxiety doesn’t always look like tears. It can show up as:
• Stomach aches
• Irritability or meltdowns
• Trouble sleeping
• Withdrawing from friends
If this sounds familiar, you're not alone. Sometimes the hardest parts of school have nothing to do with grades — and everything to do with what’s going on inside.