Okay, pardon the interruption. I'm very aware that it's summer.

The other thing that I know is that school is around the corner. And I know if you're like me,

you want to say, no, I don't even want to think about it. I don't want to think about school.

Let me just enjoy the last days of summer. Listen, I'm with you and summer matters. And I have learned

the hard way too many times that my denial of the school

year coming often leads to my kids having a pretty bad first week of school experience. And I want

to avoid that for myself and for all the families out there without taking away summer.

Back to school is tricky.

It's a huge change to go from staying up late and having ice cream and having lazy mornings to,

I don't know, having 30 things to do before 7.7 a.m. So today I'm going to talk about it with you,

but we're going to do it in a fun and lighthearted way. You're going to hear about my experience

going back to school, my tendencies,

some stories from my family, and through just this kind of lighthearted conversation, I think

will end where we'll all absorb one or two things that are going to end up being doable and helpful.

I'm Dr. Becky, and this is good inside. We'll be back right after this.

Thank you. I'm Dr. Becky, and this is Good Inside. We'll be back right after this. So be honest, are you the kind of parent who packs the backpack a week before school starts,

or the parent who's searching through their inbox at 9 p.m. the night before for the supply list.

I do not like being boxed in because the truth is I am both of those parents and a different

parents. So I would say years ago, I was definitely not only the parent who packed the backpack

the night before, but sorry, I would say years ago, not only was I the parent who packed the backpack multiple nights before, but it was perfect.

Like I packed it, it was done and I had full confidence the morning of, like just grab it and go.

Then I kind of morphed into the parent who

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