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Your kid was thriving all summer — handling things that used to be hard, genuinely in their element. And then, a couple weeks before school, they couldn't be in the same room as their siblings without it exploding, and refused fun activities they love. You have no idea what is wrong. Nothing was wrong. School was coming.
In this episode:
Why anxiety so often comes out sideways — as anger and meltdowns at home — instead of as worry
Why the place causing the anxiety is often the place your kid looks the most fine
The three timelines it shows up on, and why a calm first week isn't always the finish line
A direct-but-contained way to handle the worry, plus what to do wherever you are in the school year
It's a spike, not a forecast. Rough right now doesn't mean rough all year — it means your kid is in the hardest part of something genuinely hard.