Helping kids cope with a new school
The parents will be proud to see their ‘baby’ heading off with the older children to ‘big school’, but also will be sad — the momentous day is the end of an era. Leo Boyle, from Ennis, Co Clare, is the youngest of four boys and although he is excited about his enrolment, his mother, Judy, has mixed emotions.
“Leo will be four years and eight months when he starts school in September,” says Judy. “As it turns out, he will be older than my other boys were when starting school and, although it is only by a month or two, it means that I have no qualms about him being too young, as the others were well ready at that age.
