Families go back to school

Boarding bus
Students boarding a bus.
MPR Photo/Laura McCallum

From first grade to college, most Minnesota students are back in school today. The transition from summertime to class time is surely tough on kids, but parents have to make a lot of adjustments as well.

MPR's Tom Crann talks with Nanci Olesen, who watches family issues for All Things Considered, about the stresses -- and joys -- of the back-to-school season.

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