As a mom of two new kindergarteners, I’m quickly realizing one thing: Back-to-school season is not for the faint of heart. Walking your kids through multiple transitions is just not that easy.
When her daughter’s school drop-offs turned tearful, one mom made up a “gate leader” role Ashley Vega is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has previously ...
The scene outside a school building on the first day classes resume can be an emotional one: wobbling chins, tear-stained cheeks and lots of throat-clearing ... and those are just the parents. As ...
She told her little girl she’d been named the class “gate leader,” a made-up role that immediately turned tears into excitement In an interview with PEOPLE, Lauren shares how the simple idea changed ...