Our Kid Is About to Start School for the First Time. My Wife Wants to Do Something No Teacher Will Agree To.

Care and Feeding July 25, 20268:00 AM Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by svetikd/E+ via Getty Images. Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, My wife, “Sylvia,” and I have a 1-year-old son and a 5-year-old daughter, “Nora.” Nora is going to be starting kindergarten in August. Sylvia has this bonkers idea that she’s going to sit in on the class for the first month to make sure Nora is adjusting properly. I can’t see any teacher going along with something so ridiculous, not to mention that I think it undermines our daughter’s ability to develop independence. Should I try to tal