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[quote=Anonymous][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]

We have three, who will be in fifth, third, and first grades this year.  IME, the best thing we do as parents on the first day/week is be as present as possible in the mornings and evenings, to listen and be attentive to what the kids need.  It’s a big transition.  If anything, we might go for ice cream or something on Friday evening to celebrate the end of the first week, but that first day especially, we want them to feel prepared.  Early bedtime the night before, etc.[/quote]

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