Article October 19, 2020 Issue

Nurturing our kids’ independence—with joy!

Inge Schmidt

Originally published in The Christian Science Monitor’s Christian Science Perspective column September 13, 2019.

Backpack on, paperwork filled out, hugs given—our child was ready for his first day of preschool.

The question was: Was I?

I was confident in our well-researched choice of preschool and loved the teachers. I knew my son was ready for the opportunity to learn and grow with other children in this new setting. But I was caught off guard by my own trepidation—that day would be the longest I had been away from him since his birth.

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