It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Yep, back to school. (OK, most really start in August at that point, but September still feels like back-to-school month.) The basics are always reading, writing, and ‘rithmatic, but the details of how those are taught and what else they are learning is amazing, not to mention the rules parents need to know so they and their kids don’t get in trouble can be overwhelming, especially when you are starting out. When my eldest was in preschool, he and a friend played “The Hugging Game.” It looked exactly like wrestling, but they both knew they would get in trouble in preschool for “wrestling” but not for “hugging.” That was not the first, or last, time we have worked around silly (but well-intentioned) school rules.

Whether it’s choosing a preschool or helping your kid cope with not getting into their first choice college, there is a lot to talk about related to school.