Kids get more excited about going back to school than parents.

Kellogg's surveyed over 500 parents and found that over half (53%) say they find it difficult to get into a routine at back to school time - with a third (34%) saying they hit the snooze button more often in September.

By contrast, 67% of children said they look forward to going back to school - particularly primary school children... despite the tears among these first timers:

Diya Luchmun,  age 4, gets a little upset as she has to leave her mother Sarka on her first day at Gardiner Street school in Dublin 1

David Ciocan,  age 4, wipes away a tear on his first day at Gardiner Street school

Madison Donnelly, age 4, cries on her mother Jackie's shoulder

Julia Mickiewicz,  age 4, with her teacher on her first day at Gardiner Street school

Kyra Duncan, age 4, cries as her mother readies to leave on her first day

Leah Crilly-Brady, age 4, is comforted by father Stephen Crilly on the first day of the new school year at St Catherine's Church of Ireland National School on Donore Avenue, Dublin 8, which has been in existence for over 100 years. Leah started school with twin sister Esme 

Leah with her Mum Jennifer Brady

Twins Esme, left, and Leah Crilly-Brady, right (both age 4) get settled in on the first day of the new school year at St Catherine's

Tanya Collier, age 4, is ready to get to work on the first day of the new school year at St Catherine's

Cover picture Sinead McSweeney's son Séamus sets off into the big bad world, via Twitter - "And there he goes ... #FirstDayofSchool. Wiping away tears - and they're not his."