Tomorrow we have a 10-minute meeting with Jake and his mentor. Jake has to lead the meeting and so he had to prepare some talking points. He wrote them down last night and just about broke my heart! His first point was:
"I have a bad feeling both at and outside school because I am always stressing about homework. I am always afraid that I have forgotten some homework. The worst thing is, I can't do anything about it."
When I was tucking him into bed last night, he told me that he often wakes up in the middle of the night and lies awake for ages worrying about school and homework.
![a single stoic tear :cry:](./images/smilies/crying.gif)
I do this about my work - there is always a notepad on my bedside table to write down my middle-of-the-night worries - so the poor kid doesn't stand a chance, it's genetic!
![roll eyes :ella:](./images/smilies/ella.gif)