This is a scary time, man.\u00a0 Sending your kids off to school.\u00a0 To school??\u00a0 All day???\u00a0 Yeah it’s that time, and if you’ve done it before I applaud you because I don’t know how you do it.<\/p>\n
Thinking about my girl being gone all day is, I’ll be honest, completely terrifying to me.\u00a0 But here we are.\u00a0 Everyone does it, kids love school, and thankfully the internet is filled with tips for anxious parents like me (and you?)<\/p>\n
I’ve looked around at dozens of these lists, here are some tips that actually seem to make the most sense:<\/p>\n
1. START YOUR SCHOOL SLEEP ROUTINE<\/strong> 2. CREATE A CHECKLIST FOR YOUR CHILD<\/strong> 3.\u00a0 PLAN THOSE MEALS AHEAD OF TIME<\/strong> 4. DO A DRY-RUN A FEW DAYS BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS<\/strong> 5. HAIRCUTS \/ DOCTORS APPOINTMENTS<\/strong> Of course there are hundreds and hundreds of others, if you’ve got some you’d like to share with me just sent them my way.\u00a0 And good luck one and all, let’s remember that this is also supposed to be FUN!\u00a0 (yeah, we’ll see about that.\u00a0 I’ll check in after the first week and see if any of this stuff helped)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This is a scary time, man.\u00a0 Sending your kids off to school.\u00a0 To school??\u00a0 All day???\u00a0 Yeah it’s that time, and if you’ve done it before I applaud you because I don’t know how you do it. Thinking about my girl being gone all day is, I’ll be honest, completely terrifying to me.\u00a0 But here","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":11972,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mornings"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-22 09:01:21","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/mix967.ca\/blogs\/mornings\/2022\/08\/some-back-to-school-tips-from-around-the-internet\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chyrfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chyrfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chyrfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chyrfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chyrfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11970"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chyrfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11975,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chyrfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11970\/revisions\/11975"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chyrfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chyrfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chyrfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chyrfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThis is smart.\u00a0 If your kids have been staying up until midnight and sleeping until noon, better start thinking about switching back to reality<\/p>\n
\nGet dressed, eat breakfast, put your lunch box in your backpack, brush your teeth.\u00a0 Maybe it’s feed the dog or make their bed.\u00a0 Something to give them a jumpstart to the day.<\/p>\n
\nMost parents say one of the most stressful parts of back to school is packing lunches everyday.\u00a0 The easiest formula I’ve seen so far says to simply include a piece of fresh fruit and\/or vegetables, a piece of lean protein and some dairy.<\/p>\n
\nI like this one too, especially if it’s your first time at a new school.\u00a0 See how long it takes to walk there, let your kids walk up to the front door of the school, check out the bus stop, etc.<\/p>\n
\nIf you haven’t noticed yet you probably will soon… these places are going to be busy!\u00a0 If you can get in now for your appointments instead of waiting until the last minute, DOOOOO it.<\/p>\n