{"id":13037,"date":"2021-08-20T23:05:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T23:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/balancedparenting.com\/?p=13037"},"modified":"2021-08-20T23:11:06","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T23:11:06","slug":"september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/balancedparenting.com\/?p=13037","title":{"rendered":"August 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13037\" class=\"elementor elementor-13037\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-230dcf6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"230dcf6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1ea2c0d\" data-id=\"1ea2c0d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a76e374 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a76e374\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>It\u2019s Back to School time! FINALLY!!! For the first time in a year and a half, kids are getting their\u00a0needs met with full-day schooling. Their development is finally getting fed. Their academic\u00a0needs are finally being fulfilled. They are getting that social stimulation that makes their brains\u00a0grow, develop, and make synapses connect like crazy as a growing brain so desperately craves!<\/p><p>The anxiety that kids are feeling after so many months in the cozy arms of home and family is off\u00a0the charts! As a result, parents are feeling it, too.<\/p><p>Social anxiety got a rest while kids were at home and didn\u2019t have to navigate the social\u00a0hierarchies and playground stresses.<\/p><p>Going back is scary. Having to use the muscles that haven\u2019t been flexed in some time is super\u00a0stressful.<\/p><p>I encourage you all to use as much patience as possible. Stay as calm as possible no matter how<br \/>much your kids are losing it. Have compassion for this difficult transition and know that it will\u00a0take some time for kids to adapt.<\/p><p>Your only job right now is to show up for them. Be present. Listen. Validate their feelings and<br \/>experiences. You don\u2019t have to fix anything, you just need to bear witness for them. Love them\u00a0through the bumpy parts and remind them that they\u2019re fabulous.<\/p><p>There may even be a honeymoon period and then the struggles will show themselves.\u00a0Whatever it is for your kids, be ready; be patient; be kind and trust that all will be well.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'Brush Script MT'; font-size: 37.3333px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; caret-color: #000000; text-decoration-thickness: initial;\">Bette<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s Back to School time! FINALLY!!! For the first time in a year and a half, kids are getting their&nbsp;needs met with full-day schooling. Their development is finally getting fed.&hellip;<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/balancedparenting.com\/?p=13037\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-13037","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/balancedparenting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/balancedparenting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/balancedparenting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/balancedparenting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/balancedparenting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13037"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/balancedparenting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13046,"href":"http:\/\/balancedparenting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13037\/revisions\/13046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/balancedparenting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/balancedparenting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/balancedparenting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/balancedparenting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}