Alison Curtis: I'm excited for my daughter to go back to school

'Of course the morning panic and rush will be back and all the chauffeuring to after-school activities, but I am thinking of all the benefits for children'

'Unlike this time last year, I think many parents feel more at ease with the return of school.'

This has, in my opinion, been the fastest summer yet. I feel like I blinked on July 1 and we are already almost back to school.

I am not sure if it is because Joan is older and can manage to entertain herself better or that we just took the pressure off and had a lot of lazy days but I feel like she did really well this year. We didn’t have our usual three-week holiday in Canada. Instead, we took a few short breaks across the summer. We also didn’t have endless camps and, honestly, she coped very well.