While some are waiting for it with joy, others feel nostalgic: not all mothers face the same return to school

Year after year with the beginning of September, the jokes, jokes and memes related to the return to school follow, as well as photographic compositions in which mothers and fathers show their happiness and liberation when they return to their children's classrooms.

But the same does not happen in all families. Moreover, there are many mothers who live the beginning of the school year with great sadness and nostalgia, although confessing it is not "politically correct."

Joy, memes and toast before going back to school

Two years ago we shared the video with a mother youtuber, who in an ironic and funny tone lashed out at the parents who complained about the economic cost of going back to school: "Do you know how much money I would pay to get my children off me? ", he asked then pulling out the laughter of a good part of Internet users.

But the video of that mother is not the only one we have found on the same line when the school begins. And it is that when these dates arrive it is usual to see photographs of mothers who jump with joy in front of their children on their first day of school, humorous memes about the moment or parents who provide and celebrate the arrival of September.

The last viral photograph related to the return to school has been carried out by a group of mothers from Florida, who after leaving their children at school they have photographed themselves giving and laughing with air released and distended:

We are sure that in no case, these toasts are made by the simple fact of having "freed from the children", but that the difficult task of reconciling work with the weeks of school break is probably hidden behind.

Because when there is no help to help children while working, or when children spend the summer reminding you how boring they are and you run out of ideas, it can be easy to understand the nature of this kind of jokes.

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And while, other mothers live around the school with deep sadness

But still understanding that it is simply a joke, I must admit that the photographs or jokes related to the return to school have always seemed to me in bad taste and lacking grace.

In the first place, because behind these memes and jokes there are some children for whom, in many cases, going back to school is not pleasant. Return to the classroom after the holiday break It implies a radical change of routines that not everyone assumes willingly. Gone are the days without a clock, the afternoons of endless games, baths in the pool or in the sea, the relaxed pace of life ...

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Or put another way: how would we feel if upon returning to work, after a dream vacation, our colleagues laughed at us and photographed at our side celebrating our incorporation? Probably wrong. Very bad. In fact, what is appreciated in these cases is that our colleagues understand how we feel and try to help us make that normal return as bearable as possible.

But in addition, in the case of children, everything gets complicated, because The smaller they are, the less emotional management tools they have, so facing new teachers, a change of cycle or school, or the absence of their friends can lead to a "cocktail of feelings" that is far from the overwhelmed joy that parents show in memes.

That is why, and if only for a simple matter of empathy towards them, I have never seen the grace of this type of photographs.

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And without losing sight of children's feelings, parents' feelings should also be considered, because on many occasions we live around the school of our children with great nostalgia, although it is not something that is usually understood "at street level".

"With all three at home all day, you'll be crazy because they start school, right?", people ask me practically every day. And when I say "no", that I hope summer will last forever to enjoy them 24 hours a day, I feel they look at me strangely.

For me, summer is the most wonderful stage of the year, because it allows me to live intensely family days, disconnect from the outside world and have a great time with mine. Of course there are complicated days, in which I have to work and the three kids make it difficult for me, or when I long to have that long-awaited time for me that we have talked about so much.

But despite the exhaustion that I sometimes feel, I recognize that it is very difficult for me to separate myself from my children so many hours and return to the routines, to the strict schedules, to the rush and the maelstrom of the day to day, which both consumes us and distances us without just noticing ...

So, still understanding that each family lives its own circumstances, and what is reflected in this type of photographs and jokes are not the desire to free themselves from children because they are tired or fed up with them, but because of the tranquility of returning to normal, not all parents live the same way, and all opinions should be respected.

Photos | Shawna Genua

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