Hi, my son has just started his exams this week and for a while I've felt so depressed that he has grown up in what feels so quickly. I get so melancholy about his younger days and that ends up like a weight on me which I struggle to shift. I feel guilt on being that pushy parent, in sports or in academics for school. I have even started thinking about my school days and it certainly didn't help seeing the end of "big boys" and thinking of school friends who aren't here. Yeah all quite depressing. I don't talk about this to mates so seek other parents who are also feeling or have felt this way.