154. Why "how was your day?" is the wrong question to ask after school

All Figured Out with Andrea Barr: Figuring Out Work, Life and Parenting · Sep 10, 2026 · 1h 6m

Sandy Ewert spent a decade in the classroom before she became a school counsellor and, eventually, a private-practice family and child therapist. She's coached hundreds of kids through the exact thing every family is living through right now — and this September, for the first time, she's doing it as a parent herself, with a son about to start kindergarten and a six-month-old at home. In this episode, we get into what actually helps a kid get through a hard transition, what a school counsellor really does all day, and the honest answer to whether "knowing too much" makes the back-to-school…