London Mums Blog

Back to school tips

Sponsored post

One of my favourite US retailers Target (pronounced Tar-JAY) asked if I would pretty please come up with a few back-to-school tips.

A Modern Mother's top five tips for getting ready to go back to school:

1. If your child is feeling apprehensive about their new class (who wouldn't?) arrange a playdate with some classmates during the course of the summer. The summer break is a long one and regular contact with school mates will help to maintain stability and ease back-to-jitters.

2. Be enthusiastic about school. Point out all the fun they will have seeing their friends again and all the cool things they will learn and do. Children will take your cue, so the more positive you are about school, the more excited they will be.

Hubby going to the US? Don’t get mad, get shopping!

I always know when my husband is going on another business trip state side. He’ll call, or send an email, saying something like “honey, there’s a big show in (fill in major US city, most likely Las Vegas) next week and so and so says he can't go, so I might have to instead”.  Or “(Fill in major client name) is having an account review meeting in New York next week, and I might have to attend to make sure it goes well”.

In reality the trip is already in his diary and he has already booked the travel. But he has this thing about “setting expectations” and he thinks that if he gives me some advance notice of extended travel, that I will not rip his head off by the time het gets home. I guess there is some truth to this.

But what he hasn’t realised is that I’ve changed my stance on US travel. Instead of being annoyed with him it, I look upon it as a shopping opportunity. With the dollar still weak against the pound, there are deals to be had in the US!