When her daughter’s school drop-offs turned tearful, one mom made up a “gate leader” role Ashley Vega is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has previously ...

As a mom of two new kindergarteners, I’m quickly realizing one thing: Back-to-school season is not for the faint of heart. Walking your kids through multiple transitions is just not that easy.

Small kids tend to cry even about the simplest things. If you were helping out a little girl who started screaming and crying over something minor, would you take responsibility or think the girl’s ...

She told her little girl she’d been named the class “gate leader,” a made-up role that immediately turned tears into excitement In an interview with PEOPLE, Lauren shares how the simple idea changed ...