It’s back-to-school season, and Melissa’s son is starting kindergarten for the first time, while Esther is six years in with her two boys. Together, they chat about the practical and emotional realities of getting the family ready for a new school year.
Melissa shares how she’s preparing for the transition (including her very real dilemma of whether she needs multiple lunchboxes), while Esther explains just how wildly different her boys’ lunch preferences are—one basically requests a charcuterie board—and helps Melissa get realistic about her planning.
They talk about the logistics of dropping kids off in different directions, dividing the workload with their partners, and surprising differences between schools in Toronto and Belgium from early exams to whether teachers can hug students.
Between rants about abolishing homework and stricter rules in North American schools to discovering bizarre Belgian snacks, it’s a funny, honest conversation about surviving back-to-school season and getting mentally ready for everything that comes with it!
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