Between: A guide for parents of eight to thirteen-year-olds

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She tells Metro.co.uk: ‘Children have a right to grow up free from violence – without fear of being hit and hurt by those that are meant to care for and nurture them. Do let your tween’s form tutor and whoever is responsible for student wellbeing know if they are feeling very anxious before starting. Often, schools have special settling-in procedures for tweens who they think will struggle.

Between: A guide for parents of eight to thirteen-year-olds (-) Between: A guide for parents of eight to thirteen-year-olds (-)

After graduating with an honors degree in Psychology, specialising in child development, she embarked on a five year career in Pharmaceutical Research and Development, working with clinical trial data, until she became pregnant with her first child in 2001. After the birth of her firstborn Sarah retrained as an Antenatal Teacher, hypnotherapist/Psychotherapist, Infant Massage Instructor and Birth and Postnatal Doula. Over the years Sarah has updated her knowledge with various study days and courses including paediatric first aid, paediatric safeguarding, perinatal psychology and birth trauma.

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Physical punishment is not a necessary part of disciplining children and can be harmful to the wellbeing of both child and parent.’ See if you can find other new starters and arrange a lunch date with them before term begins. Local social-media groups are good for linking up with other parents. Try to get hold of a map of the school before they start, so they can familiarise themselves with the entrance, their form, the school hall, the canteen and the toilets.

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Even if the school is running settling-in sessions, ask if you can have a video tour of the building, or at least some photos of your child’s new form room and form tutor. Familiarising themselves with these before the beginning of term can help them to feel more comfort- able when they start.I found the chapter on raising a financially literate tween one of the most interesting and am already putting ideas I read into place to open these conversations and teach money management. There is a lot of food for thought as well as practical tips on how to prepare our tweens for real life. Sarah has authored 14 parenting books, translated into over 30 languages, which have sold over half a million copies. She is currently writing her 15th. The new legislation removes the ‘reasonable punishment’ defence that has been in place since the Victorian era, which gave parents some legal protection for hitting their kids. I have always turned to books if I wasn’t sure on how to do something, and these “tween” years are definitely something I’m not sure on.