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?
Open Thread: How’s School Going For You and Your Kids?
6 Products to Help Kids Stay Focused During Virtual Learning
Remote learning is challenging for kids and parents alike — but these tools can help!
School Options, Fall 2020: What Are Your Options (and Decisions)?
Ladies, what are your school options right now for your kids? What are the complications of those options? How is your employer (and your partner’s employer) supporting those options? (Do you feel like as a working mother you’re getting different messaging than working fathers?)
Bog Snorkeling: How Do You Deal With Back-To-School Stress as a Parent?
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.
Tips for Packing School Lunches
It’s that time of year, ladies — let’s share favorite tips for packing school lunches. Who does it: you, your partner, or your caregiver? (Or your child?!?) Have you adopted any favorite hacks or tricks to simplify it? Are you on “Team Everything Must Be Reusable” or on “Team Prepackaged Preportioned Foods are Great” (or … Read More about Tips for Packing School Lunches
How to Use Your iPhone to Store School Paperwork
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
Snow Days… and Working Parents
Here’s something we haven’t discussed: snow days… and working parents. In the midst of this week’s “bombcyclone” winter storm (hmm, how does that compare to “Snowmageddon” or “Snowpocalypse“?), we thought we’d share some tips on how to deal with a snow day as a working parent. All along the East Coast today, flights are being … Read More about Snow Days… and Working Parents
The Working Mom’s Guide to Easy 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
4 Apps That Help Working Moms Stay Connected to School
Here are 4 apps that help working moms stay connected to school — do your teachers use any of them?
