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Preventing Back to School Stress
11 Simple Steps for Busy Moms
By Jodie Lynn
t an idea of what the school year will be like and for the rest of the term, whenever your child talks to you about school you can place a face with the name. It also offers the perfect opportunity to ask a few questions, like what to do about a school planner. Some schools offer their own school planer for the kids to write all of their assignments in. Some schools make it mandatory for kids to use the school planner. Since every company on the face of the earth is making highly appealing, dazzlingly decorated planners for kids, please ask this important question. It will save discussions, tempers and blaming as soon as the child tries to convince you that her favorite character planner is a "must-have-or-I-will-die" one that all her friends are getting. If you ask the school, and she does have to use the one that they supply, you can tell your child right off the bat that the school wants all of the children to use its planners and then go on to the next topic.
2. Grab an extra school supply list. Most of the time, they are at various stores. Parents can just pick them up as they enter. Hold off buying anything until after you meet the teacher. Show the list to her and ask if there is any addition or elimination, and change it accordingly.
3. Get the teacher's e-mail address. This is how most of the schools communicate in today's society. In addition, ask for a contact number. These come in handy in case you have a question about anything at all.
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