I’m So Anxious To Send My Kid To School In America

This is the fear we all live with. [Scary Mommy Daily]( Aug. 15, 2024 [I am worried about sending my kid to school because of my fear of school shootings. ]( Helena Lopes / 500px/500px/Getty Images Hard Realities [I’m So Anxious To Send My Kid To School In America]( This year, Katie McPherson’s 3-year-old son starts at a school for pre-K through 8th grade students. That’s a big step, and means a lot of changes. Sadly, it means McPherson is, for the first time, confronting an ugly reality of parenting in America: “I’m grappling with the fear and anxiety I know parents have been living with for years: what if there’s a shooting at my kid’s school?” — Kelly Faircloth, Executive Editor [Read More ⮕]( Latest ['I Resent My Husband Getting A Promotion']( Scary Mommy juicy ['I Resent My Husband Getting A Promotion']( In the latest Confessions roundup, 15 parents vent about raising tweens, wanting to get divorced, not having enough sex, and more. [Read More.]( [An El Paso school has instituted a new dress code for the 2024-25 school year, banning students from wearing head-to-toe black clothing.]( Marco Prosch/Getty Images News/Getty Images EYEROLL [Texas School Bans All-Black Clothing Because It’s “Associated With Depression”]( The new dress code forbids “black tops with black bottoms.” [Read More.]( [This Mom Was Shocked To Learn Her Son Watched The "Skibidi Toilet" Video In Preschool Class]( why though? [This Mom Was Shocked To Learn Her Son Watched The "Skibidi Toilet" Video In Preschool Class]( "I'm so concerned as to how he's watching that at preschool." [Read More.]( Featured [Two young girls use a tablet together]( Lisa5201/E+/Getty Images IDK, My BFF Jill? [How Involved Should You Be In Your Child's Friendships?]( “One thing I was fully not prepared for when I became a mom is how much I would worry about my kids' friendships,” writes Samantha Darby. “Even when they're tiny little potatoes rolling around on a blanket during a playdate, you worry about it. You invest time and energy into making connections for them, putting them in preschool so they can ‘be socialized,’ encouraging them to say hi to other kids at the park and to share their toys.” So how much should we be involved? She gets into it with an expert. [Read More ⮕]( What Else We're Reading ⮕ [The Parents Who Refuse To Track Their Kids]( ⮕ [The 'Sex And The City' Creator Didn’t Want Carrie & Big To End Up Together]( ⮕ [What Teens Really Mean When They Say They're Gardening]( Follow us on: [instagram]( [facebook]( [tiktok]( [x_social]( [Want to Advertise With Us? Get in Touch.]( You're receiving this email because you signed up to receive communications from BDG Media. If you believe this has been sent to you in error, please safely [unsubscribe](. Or to manage preferences click [here]( BDG Media, Inc. · 315 Park Ave. South · New York, NY 10010 · USA Copyright 2024 BDG Media, Inc. All rights reserved.