Richard Hogan: Here are my tips for making back-to-school more manageable

Talk to your child about making friends, being open to people and chatting with them

School isn’t what it used to be, and my own children were excited at the thought of going back and meeting all their friends again. The teenager less so, the old JC is knocking on her door this year. That should be fun.

Back to school. Those three little words used to torment me as a kid. 

The sun is ebbing away for another year, autumn drawing in with all her misty mellowness and new school bags that shortly would be rotting at the front door.