I would post in r/Connecticut

Turning Leaves in Southington is excellent and they do in person and remote sessions if you can not find one in Hartford

Oh, not at all controlling! It's much more supporting the school & teachers. PTO fundraisers, attending school sponsored events, showing up for meet the teachers & conferences, stuff like that. The teachers ask for kleenex and boxes appear like magic. Room parents coordinate gifts for staff. It's a community centered around the school i guess is better phrasing?

The high school basically axed the dress code this year and while there were some unhappy voices, most of them were people who last had children in the school system 40 years ago. There are a few loons angry about SEL or CRT, but they are generally ignored except on FB.

> there's a lot of parent involvement in the schools

All of that sounds good but can you elaborate on parents involvement in school? I have lived in south and there the parent involvement in school is synonymous with them trying to control what is being taught in schools.

Good description. Let's see which side I end up on.

Half Door on corner of Sisson & Farmington in Hartford’s West End. There’s always soccer on their TVs.

Hartford Prints is amazing.

Redstone in Simsbury opens early for Liverpool games

Vaughans on pratt

Hartford Prints. If you want West Hartford or general CT stuff, there’s a store that shares space with Nutmeg Credit Union that has cute stuff.

What about F1? Can we get one to commit to that

I have also been asking this question

Connecticut Tourism kiosks and many Connecticut museum gift stores carry Connecticut stuff

https://www.2ndbridgebrewing.com/

There's an old joke about how the people from the east side of the river are 'those people.' The west side has the more affluent areas CT is known for. The east can have more of a country feel. Rhode Island vs New York.

Hartford Prints on Pratt st, right downtown and the UCONN Hartford campus has some stuff as well

https://instagram.com/hartfordprints?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Hartford Prints

Try looking up Carol Lamson. I worked with her for a while and cannot recommend her highly enough. And if she isn't accepting new patients, I'd bet she'd have a pretty solid recommendation for you.

Check out Thriveworks for both in-person and Telehealth

Liberty Integrated Behavioral Health in the New Britain area is very responsive and has both therapy and med consults/follow-ups.

Someone I know had a very positive experience with Tides of Mind Counseling, I think the closest office to you would be Middletown but they do telehealth as well if you can’t get to an office. I know they don’t have a huge waiting period and can probably at least help you get a refill short term

I'll do that!

I would post in the r/Connecticut too!

Can only speak from experience at Wethersfield. At least in elementary, there's a lot of parent involvement in the schools, so you see familiar faces (or at least names over email). There are maybe 40 kids per grade (2 classes) so they all know each other too.

If you live within a mile of school (except for kindergarteners) you are supposed to walk/bike to school, so at least at my daughter's school there are a LOT of walkers. You see the same faces every day and walk by each other's houses. I think with so many walkers it helps keep things safe, everyone kind of keeps an eye out for things that could be a danger, even those with older or no kids.

There are a number of school events with great turn out, which mean meeting all the other parents as the kids run around. There is a program called Keane on Kids with extracurriculars - same story. You meet the other parents when you go for pick up.

And there are a lot of town events, so the kids who know each other will spend the time running around having fun, and again, us parents are stuck being social.