12 Back-to-School Scenarios That Give Parents and Kids All Too Real Feelings
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Going back to school comes with a mixed bag of emotions for both parents and kids. By the end of the Summer, most parents are ready for school to start, whereas the kiddos would do anything to extend their vacations and hang tight to the lazy days. As back-to-school season approaches, there are a few scenarios — such as getting back into a bedtime routine and packing lunches — that are either making you feel ready for September to roll through or stirring up some back-to-school anxiety.
Read through for some very real back-to-school scenarios for parents vs. kiddos.
The last day of Summer
Parents: All hail the end of the long, lazy days filled with "I'm bored."
Kids: "It's not fair!"
School supplies shopping
Parents: "Do not touch anything that isn't on that ridiculously long supply list."
Kids: "Please can I have the giant toolbox of crayons? I NEED THEM."
Getting back into an early bedtime routine
Parents: Finally, the kids will be in bed early enough before you pass out that a Netflix binge can be remotely possible.
Kids: "I won't go to sleep early! I won't!"
Packing lunches
Parents: Hello, easy-to-make sandwiches, and goodbye, gourmet lunches.
Kids: "Peanut butter and jelly?! That's it?"
Waking up for school
Parents: It takes a minute to have to force yourself awake before your kids, but you'll manage it in the end.
Kids: "Yeah, hell to the no."
Picking something to wear to drop-off
Parents: You don't want any of the other moms to see you in the clothes you wore all Summer, but you have literally nothing to wear that isn't grass stained or full of popsicle juice.
Kids: They're so upset about going back to school that they don't even care about all the cool clothes you bought them.
Getting out the door in the morning
Parents: Like a drill sergeant, you're going to get those kids out of your house if it's the last thing you do.
Kids: They're going to do everything they can to prolong the inevitable.
Kids: Whether they're clingy or not, chances are they're not going to let you go so easily at drop-off.
Immediately after school drop-off
Parents: But wait, actually you really are going to miss them a lot now that they've left.
Kids: They literally can't wait to get out of school and be free again as soon as you've left them.
Picking the kids up from school
Parents: Despite missing the kids, you're going to miss how quiet it was for the last few hours more.
Kids: They're so happy to be free, and you're bracing yourself for the long night ahead.
Getting back into a homework routine
Parents: Just another year of you googling how to do algebra for second graders.
Kids: Like every year, they can't believe they have to do schoolwork all day and then be forced by you to do more later when the iPad is burning a hole into their nightstand.