A Practical Back-to-School Tip for the Busy Mom

With a full house of six kids, getting ready for school each morning often presented more challenges for me than I was ready to handle before the sun came up. I’m not a morning person, so I struggled just to be alert and patient with hundreds of questions and complaints filling the air.

Even moms with half the kids I had feel like track athletes bounding out of bed, racing to stay ahead of the demands and needs nipping at our heels every morning.

Back-to-School Tip

One of my practical solutions was allowing my kids to make their own lunches while I worked on breakfast.

Starting in second grade, they selected a bag of chips, a drink box, another item, and then made a sandwich. Yes, the pb&j sandwiches needed some adult help, but the youngest ones felt all grown up making a lunch like their older siblings.

Now my oldest daughter who has five boys in school has taken it a step farther and made the process even better.  Each of her boys has a cardboard box or a plastic container with their name on it.

You can let them decorate their containers for more personalization.

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