Saying goodbye to your child’s primary school? I never knew how much I’d miss it | Kay Holmes

The little girl who once hugged me at the gates has moved on, and the change to secondary school has come as a shock

My first day in the school playground was terrifying. Everyone else seemed to know each other. Chatting, laughing clusters of comfortable, relaxed people made connections and bonded. I decided – out of sheer defensiveness – that was not for me. I would instead enter and leave the playground untouched by human contact. No chatting, no laughing, and definitely no PTA meetings or arranging the summer fair.

The parent-teacher association​ was all the cliches: middle class, do-gooding, ravenous for women’s free time

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