Parents Who May Or May Not Be Ready For Kids To Go Back To School

Summer is coming to an end, and while 2020 certainly hasn't been the most normal summer, that doesn't mean that parents are any less ready for their kids to be going back to school in the fall.

After months of being responsible for their children's education, some parents have adapted well, but others are itching for the day that they can send their kids off to school every day, and we don't blame them.

You Asked Him To Give You A Hand

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The 3-year-old said he was running inside to go to the bathroom but instead ended up running inside to stick his hand in the center of the brownie pan, so Home Ec class is now adjourned.

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Having The Tough Conversations

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Sometimes, you're going to have tough conversations with your children that show them the realities of life. Someone has to prepare them for the harsh world ahead, so you might as well douse his dreams of being a professional baseball player before he gets his hopes up.

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You Can Expect A Zoom Call Home After That One

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Someone has definitely been spending too much time hanging out in his older brother's room while stuck at home if that's the song he chose to sing for the quarantine music recital.

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This Is Why Kids Should Always Wear Masks

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We all already knew that children weren't the cleanest humans on Earth, but seeing it illuminated in the sunlight over a birthday cake makes us want to wear gloves and a mask forever.

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Gym Class Can Be Fun For The Whole Family

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What was supposed to be a 60-minute gym class turned into a day-long indoor roller derby tournament, but at least it got them away from their computer screens for a few hours!

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He's Found His True Calling

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If the thought of potentially having to keep your kids home in September is daunting, you should find this man—he has clearly made quarantine work for him and his new career.

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The Secret Snacking Has To Stop

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While it may be nice to have had some extra time to spend with your children while everyone is home, that doesn't mean that every moment is going to be nice. It also gave you extra time to remember the less joyful parts of parenting.

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We Need To Talk About The "Hands-Off" Policy

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There's a reason that schools implement a "hands-off" policy for children, and if this mom had done that, her toddler wouldn't have been able to scratch the top layer of her cornea off when he poked her in the eye.

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Shave The Head And Start Over

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You should know by now that if you hear silence coming from the room where your children were playing loudly two seconds ago, you should go in there. Silence automatically means they're up to no good, but you made the mistake of trusting them to play on their own, and now you have to shave someone's head.

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It's Called Art, Look It Up

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When you said that anything in the cupboard was fair game for the art project you assigned to your children, you were not talking about the bathroom cupboard, but here we are.

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You Can't Teach This Valuable Lesson In A Classroom

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Just think! If she had been sitting in a classroom all this time, she never would've had the opportunity to learn this lesson, and you never would've gotten her to do all those chores for you.

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Good Luck Controlling Them

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Your kids can either cough without covering their mouths all over the playground, or they can cough directly in your face when you go to give them a hug. The choice is yours.

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The Songs Will Stick With You After They're Back At School

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Once you introduce your kid to the Frozen franchise, you will never be able to escape it. It'll infiltrate every aspect of your life, from the backpacks you buy to the shampoo bottles you use. Long after they're back at school, you'll be stuck with "Into the Unknown" running through your head.

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Does This Count As A Lesson In Media Literacy?

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She was simply doing what the box told her to do, and she can't be faulted for that. They eat their bowls of cereal out of coffee filters, why shouldn't she?

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Anything Can Be A Homeschooling Lesson

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You can use this graph to help teach the older children about mathematics, and you can use it to teach the young kids about how to draw a straight line or learn how to spell the word "tolerance." It's a multi-purpose learning tool!

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Sticking To The Schedule

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When the experts recommended that you try to keep to a schedule while homeschooling, they never said what kind of schedule you had to keep, so these parents made the most realistic one.

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What If They're Educational Shows?

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As long as you throw in a couple of educational television shows or apps that teach them something important every once in a while, the rest of the time online can be written off as a study break.

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First Day On The Job Is Going Well

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You decided that you were going to be the fun parent during quarantine who made things like slime as a way to substitute science class, but now that it's ended up in someone's hair, you realize you're not cut out for this.

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Ben Is Ready To Be Done With Homeschooling Too

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You tell yourself that you're doing your best as a makeshift teacher and that your kids are doing fine, but then your son writes about how you need time to figure things out, and it all just goes downhill from there.

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They Have Eyes Everywhere

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All those hours that they were typically at school, you used to be free to eat what you wanted or do whatever you wanted at home, but now that they're home all the time, you have to get creative.

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Sorry, We Don't Teach Witchcraft Here

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If you're going to want to learn about witchcraft or defense against the dark arts, you're going to need to look for your letter to Hogwarts, because we don't tolerate that here.

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School Is Real And So Is The Struggle

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The second that your kids realize that you don't actually understand their math homework any better than they do, it's all downhill for you and your authority. You spent years pretending you knew everything, but now they know the truth.

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Women In STEM For The Win

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One dad had no idea how easy being in charge of his children's' education would be until he realized that telling them to deconstruct and reconstruct an old laptop would keep them busy for hours.

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He Needs Outside Interaction

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You may not have realized the downsides of keeping your kids home longterm right away, but now that it's been a few months, you're realizing just how important proper socialization actually is.

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A Solid School Schedule In Quarantine

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You were trying to teach a lesson in time management, but now you've let your kindergartener create their own schedule that involves field trips, games, lunch, and not a whole lot of learning.

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This Is What Happens When You Outsource

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As long as you don't actually care about whether or not your children learn anything, you can make your life easier by outsourcing your teaching role to the family pets.

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A Signed Original Work Of Art

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School may have an honor system, but at home, anything goes. Your 7-year-old drew all over the walls and tried to blame the 3-year-old, but he made the classic mistake of signing his work.

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A Friendly Reminder

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Pro tip: if you want to get your kids used to wearing a mask, tell them that they're only allowed to watch TV or use the computer if they're wearing one.

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Are Teachers Not Supposed To Cry?

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It might not be the most conventional way to signal that the lesson is over, but it works! There's no question that your kids could figure out what it means when you break down.

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Encouraging A Love Of Architecture

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The advantage of homeschooling is that you're allowed to improvise with your lesson plans, which is how you end up spending an afternoon with your three children building an intense blanket fort instead of doing that math worksheet their teacher emailed.