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THE JOURNEY
TOGETHER
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Hack Your
Home for a
Smooth
School Year
A few tweaks to your living
space can help your child
manage many more tasks
on his own. The key is
to stop thinking of doing
things for your kid as a form
of caretaking, says Julie
Morgenstern, author of
Time to Parent: Organizing
Your Life to Bring Out the
Best in Your Child and You.
“We feel guilty burdening
our kids—or want to avoid
battles—so we think, ‘I’ll just
do it myself.’ ” But according
to Anita Hanks, founder of a
Montessori school in Frisco,
Texas, we’re not giving them
enough credit. “When
parents see what their kids
can do on their own in class,
they’re in awe,” she says.
Read on to install the can-do
spirit in your home.
by INGELA RATLEDGE
AMUNDSON
Easy access
is the secret to
getting kids
to put away their
stuff.
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ALI LANENGA/STOCKSY.
PARENTS 119 SEPTEMBER 2019
