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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it's a great list and am not sure why people are bent out of shape about it.

I love the meeting idea--thinking it might be good to schedule this monthly to coincide with when we give our kids their allowance. This would be a good fit too so they know what to budget for if they are planning on buying a souvenir or another purchase.

One of my hacks -- took me a while to figure this out -- one drawstring backpack per kid per activity with materials needed for that activity. Saves the last minute search for goggles, volleyball kneepads, etc.

Here's another little tip for people with multiple kids who wear similar sizes (or if they have the same shirt from a camp or neighborhood swim team) -- on the tag, I mark my oldest kid's item with one dot, my middle child with two, my third child's with three dots. If/when an item gets handed down, I add a dot to the tag so I know who it belongs to.

Now that my kids are old enough to maintain phones I make sure I invite them to their activities--maybe everyone does this, but it was a revelation to me when we started that this year.

We also have a weekly family meeting where we discuss the schedule for a week. Kids come with their phones (and paper calendar for my youngest).[/quote][/quote]

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