Sept. 11, 2024, 10:30 a.m.

"It's Not Like I'm Going To Boarding School!"

The Daily Kina

Parents gnash teeth as publisher enters third grade

Okay, now that we’re mostly back on track…

This is the fourth first-day-of-school post in the history of the Daily Kina—technically the third day of school for New York City, but her first, since she was at the time tossing out flowers at a wedding halfway around the world. Kina came back from the Philippines about 7% more responsible than the day she left, and you could see that responsibility and independence with brilliant clarity as we took her to school yesterday. She waltzed into the gate without much of a fuss, barely looking back at us as she marched towards another year of education. The fact that this morning was more of an event for us than for her feels like a turning point for this publication.

I’m not ready to consider what that turning means.

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