Article January 27, 1997 Issue

God is with our children at school

Beverly Goldsmith

In the Southern Hemisphere it's summer and the start of a new school year. For many children, attending school will be a new experience. While parents and children alike anticipate this forward step, it's often accompanied by mixed feelings.

Little ones are excited about going to school, and yet uncertain at being separated from their parents. Mums and dads, while appreciating how important schooling is, may feel apprehensive that their children are in someone else's care. Such conflicting thoughts and emotions can make this progressive time an unsettling one.

This is what a friend of mine and her small son found happening to them last year. Both were looking forward to the moment when he would join his older brother at the local primary school. On the big day when he and his mother said goodbye to each other at the classroom, they both felt good about it.

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