Julie Jay: I survived my first parent teacher meeting... just about

Listening to the teacher talk made me realise how much of my parenting anxiety isn’t really about my child - it’s about me

"For the uninitiated, it is nearly impossible to say how it feels to walk into a room where someone has spent two months observing your child more closely than you have since they were a newborn."

I don't think anyone warns you properly about the surreal quality of your first parent-teacher meeting when your child is in junior infants.

For the uninitiated, it is nearly impossible to say how it feels to walk into a room where someone has spent two months observing your child more closely than you have since they were a newborn. It’s a strange, vulnerable little moment, like handing over your heart and hoping it comes back with only minor corrections in red pen.