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Open Thread: How’s School Going For You and Your Kids?

Grade Schoolers· Schools and Working Moms | Coronavirus· posts· remote school

How is school going for you and your kids? Are you doing in-person at all or just remote? Do you feel like it’s substantially different (in a good or bad way) than last spring?

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The Best Books for Kids Who Hate Reading (Particularly Reluctant Boy Readers)

Grade Schoolers· Parenting· Recent Recs | posts

Ladies, if you had kids who hated reading, what were the books that finally got them hooked?

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Bog Snorkeling: How Do You Deal With Back-To-School Stress as a Parent?

Grade Schoolers· Recent Recs· Schools and Working Moms | delegating· emotional labor· overwhelm· posts

Every year around this time, I find myself stressed out and overwhelmed — do you, as well? Let’s brainstorm better ways to cope with back-to-school stress as a parent.

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How to Use Your iPhone to Store School Paperwork

Grade Schoolers· How to Share Parenting Duties· Organization Tips for Working Moms· Schools and Working Moms· Tech for Working Moms | posts· school year tips

What are your favorite organization tips as the school year gets underway? We’ve shared tips for preserving your kids’ artwork, as well as why I think a family email address is great for all working parents — but today I thought I’d explain an easy trick I’ve figured out for how to use your iPhone to … Read More about How to Use Your iPhone to Store School Paperwork

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How to Stop Cursing Around Kids

Grade Schoolers· Parenting· Toddlers | posts

Every parent has that moment when your kiddo starts speaking, and you think to yourself: SHIT! now we’ve got to stop swearing so much! We were just talking about swearing at work over at Corporette, and I thought an interesting corollary over here might be to share stories and tricks on how to stop cursing … Read More about How to Stop Cursing Around Kids

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The Working Mom’s Guide to Easy School Lunches

Grade Schoolers· Schools and Working Moms· Toddlers | posts· school· school lunches

Ok, ladies — what do you pack for your kiddo’s lunches, whether for daycare, elementary school, or other? Are you most concerned with ease of packing, assuredness of eating, nutrition, calories, or cost? What are your top easy school lunch ideas? Have you had success outsourcing this task — for example, I’ll bet this is … Read More about The Working Mom’s Guide to Easy School Lunches

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Do You Change Your Work Schedule for Summer?

Childcare· Grade Schoolers | posts· school break· summer

Now that the school year is almost over (um, how?), it’s a good time to ask the readers this question: Do you typically change your work schedule for summer — or your childcare schedule for summer? If your kid goes to a typical childcare center, you may not have to deal with any summer schedule changes, … Read More about Do You Change Your Work Schedule for Summer?

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Open Thread: When Your Kid Is Having Trouble in School

Grade Schoolers· Parenting· Teens | posts· school· special needs

Now that fall has begun, it’s not just Halloween and Thanksgiving that are quickly approaching: Parent/teacher conferences are also on the horizon. Are you looking forward to your parent/teacher conference — or are you feeling a bit trepidatious about it? If you know or suspect that you child is having trouble in school, are you doing anything special … Read More about Open Thread: When Your Kid Is Having Trouble in School

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3 Ways to Teach Kids a New Language

Extracurriculars· Grade Schoolers· Lifestyle· Parenting· Toddlers | language skills· learning· posts

I still remember the big day in 6th grade that we got to choose the foreign language that we’d start learning: Spanish, French, or German. (I picked Spanish.) Many schools in the U.S. still don’t begin to teach kids a new language until middle school, while most European countries, for example, start instruction of a second language when kids are six to nine years … Read More about 3 Ways to Teach Kids a New Language

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School Break Camps: Open Thread

Childcare· Extracurriculars· Grade Schoolers· Parenting· Working Mom | activities· camps· family vacations· posts· vacation

Do your kids go to school break camps during winter and spring school vacations? With day care, you usually don’t have to worry — just send them to your regular provider. But parents of school-age kids need to find an alternative child care situation. Good sources for information about school break camps include local parent magazines and websites, and … Read More about School Break Camps: Open Thread

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Your Kids’ Activities, Overscheduling, and Working Parents

Childcare· Extracurriculars· Grade Schoolers· Mom Issues | budgets· camps· kids' activities· posts· schedules

A reader wondered, “Kat, could we do a discussion on overparenting/overscheduling when a working mom?”

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What Are the Best Gifts for Teachers?

Grade Schoolers· Toddlers | gift ideas· teachers

It’s (somehow) that time again: the end of the school year, and that means it’s time to find gifts for your kids’ teachers. But what sort of present should you give? An edible gift? A gift card for Starbucks, or Amazon, or Target? A gift card to buy classroom supplies? A handmade present from your child? It can be a … Read More about What Are the Best Gifts for Teachers?

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