Weโre just a few weeks into the school year, and weโve finally conquered the back-to-school first-week nerves (not yet? Sending love). Just as we start to think to count down the morning struggles, we begin to think that maybe, just maybe, we can handle the morning routine. The moment we let our guard down, thinking weโve got this, we start to see a new pattern arisingโAfter School Restraint Collapse, a term coined by Andrea Loewen Nair.Maybe for your kindie, itโs a total out-of-control meltdown, or for your tween, itโs acting quiet and grumpy. However it looks in your household, itโs likely hard to manage. Itโs also a little disheartening; youโre excited to see your kids and hear all about their day, and you get nothing but mumbled grunts in return.ย ย This is normal. Itโs manageable, and itโs very, very common. After School restraint Collapse, a term coined only a few…
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