The Worried Parent's Wind-Down: Setting down what you cannot control tonight

June Alderwood

Ten o'clock brings out every question you could not answer today: is he eating enough, will she make friends, did that mistake matter more than it seemed. This is a way to set that list down for the night: how to tell useful concern from the kind that just spins, a short practice for handing off tomorrow's problems to tomorrow, and words to say to yourself that actually settle the house. Calm, honest, and made for the hour when worry gets loud.