Hacks to Get Your Kids Organized FROM A SCATTERBRAINED SUMMER TO AN ORDERLY SCHOOL YEAR
Summer break (especially for young kiddos) is a lawless time with little meaning that’s punctuated by a vacation or trips to the park and pool. Transitioning children back to the calm, orderly world of the school year can be challenging for both teachers and parents. How can you make sure your kids trade in their summer hats for their school brains? Well, luckily, you can use a few hacks to make that transition brighter, seamless, and even fun.
Color code different sections of the clock for different parts of the day to help them remember what they’re supposed to be doing, whether it’s blue for breakfast time, orange for homework hour, or purple for their bedtime routine. MAKE SCHOOL SUPPLY CUBBIES. If your child tends to throw their backpack and jackets all over the house, then school supply cubbies could be a game-changer. You could even just label different hooks in your mudroom or hallway if that’s all you have to work with. Whatever the case, when your kids have an established place to put their school stuff, it’s that much easier for them to find as they head out the door in the morning.
teaching them responsibility and taking a load off of your shoulders every school morning. You can even consider making the lunches the night before to lighten up the morning routine! PLAN YOUR KIDS’ OUTFITS FOR THE NEXT DAY … OR THE NEXT WEEK. If they had their way, you know your kiddos would wear the same Spider Man or Elsa T-shirt every day of the week. So, if you want to make sure they look respectable and ready to learn every day, plan out their outfits for the entire school week. This is especially easy if they have a set of hanging cubbies in their closets. Allow them to help choose outfits on a Saturday or Sunday before the new week; it will also help them learn how to dress themselves later in life. Back-to-school season shouldn’t be hectic — and with a few of these hacks in mind, it won’t be!
CREATE A FUN CHECKLIST FOR SCHOOL TO-DO’S.
Spelling out all the tasks your kids have to do before and after school will help them ease back into the routines of going to bed each night and getting up early for school. Plus, it will introduce them to the satisfaction of checking items off a list after completing them. When your kids know what to do and when to do it, it makes your day a little easier! MAKE A COLOR-CODED CLOCK. Lots of kids are visual learners, which means an analog clock will be their best friend when it comes to keeping track of time.
ORGANIZE YOUR SCHOOL LUNCH SUPPLIES.
Making your kids’ lunches each morning can be exhausting, but if you put different lunch items (e.g., bags of chips, apples, juice pouches, etc.) in different, easy-to-reach containers, you can turn making school lunches into an assembly line process where your kids do most of the work themselves,
HANDLING THE RISK OF RETALIATION If you’ve been injured on the job, you may worry that filing a workers’ compensation claim could put your employment at risk. It’s a common fear not entirely unfounded, so it’s important to know your rights. Can You Be Fired for an Injury on the Job?
Employers who retaliate will often come up with other reasons to explain reduced hours, lowered wages, or termination. To make things trickier, Oregon is an “at will” employment state, meaning you can be fired for any reason that doesn’t violate discrimination laws or for no reason at all. Luckily, most employers do the right thing and don’t retaliate against their employees for considering or filing a workers’ comp claim. But some do skirt the rules, so it’s important to protect yourself.
infractions your employer used to let slide will no longer be tolerated. Make sure you are up to date on your company’s handbook and do everything in your power to be a model employee. This will give you the best case if you ever need to file a claim. If we worked on your workers’ comp case and you are experiencing retaliation, please give the Di Bartolomeo team a call. While we do not generally handle employment law, we work with many lawyers who do. We will be glad to connect you with resources and referrals you need.
The good news is that federal and state statutes protect you from retaliation if you inquire about a workers’ comp claim, file a claim, or testify as a witness in relation to a claim. The bad news is that the statute only protects you in instances where it can be shown that the employer’s actions are because of the workers’ comp claim.
After an injury, we encourage you to be on your best behavior. Assume that the little
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