Digested week: So long primary school, it’s going to be hard – for me | Emma Brockes

Emma Brockes writes in The Guardian's weekly column about an unexpected feeling: her child's last week of primary school. She expected this milestone to be straightforward—her kids, after all, can't wait to move forward. But the ending of her years as a primary-school parent has hit her unexpectedly hard, a sudden confrontation with how time passes. As she describes it, the transition isn't really about them; it's about her, watching a chapter close that she didn't realize was closing.

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