Confidence for starting Secondary School

For most children, Primary School is a very nurturing environment where you as a parent can feel involved. You know their friends and those they don't like! You know the mums and dads and see the teachers most days. You get to talk about their homework with other parents and compare experiences of the teacher and how the kids are getting on. 

But, all this will change. Your child will need to be taking responsbility for their own belongings, choices and friendships. Their new school will have created lots of ways to make that all happen as fluidly as possible with open days, holiday camps and class lists and so on. 

However, I remember as a mum of four, finding it quite difficult to move from fixing everything, especially with my oldest child to stepping back and letting them make their own decisions, especially if you feel sure it's the…