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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is totally great if parents want to do this. But, This is also a perfect example of optional intensive parenting that leads to the burnout we hear on these boards all the time. I’m sure a million folks will chime in about how thinking about this/doing this takes up almost no time. But then you do a hundred things like this a year and it adds up.

Again, people should do whatever they want. Just food for thought.[/quote]
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Also, everything doesn't have to have a ton of extra stuff to be "special."  The first day of school is already special!  My kid likes to make her own sign, we take a photo in front of the school, and we have her favorite meal for dinner.  (Which, fortunately, is a really easy, quick dish!).  I put a note in her lunch with a smiley face or something.  And that seems like plenty to me!  And you can get in a cycle where everything has to be "special," so you have to keep ratcheting it up to make the next thing, which is really a bigger deal, also feel special.  [/quote]

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