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    Tips For Working Parents: 1. Plan Your Mornings

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    The document provides tips for working parents to reduce stress and balance work and family responsibilities. It recommends planning mornings and meals in advance, delegating chores to children, keeping in touch with friends and family briefly by phone, maintaining a work-life balance by leaving work on time and saying no to extra tasks, keeping an organized calendar, and making time for self-care and the relationship with a spouse. Following these tips can help working parents have an easier time juggling their responsibilities.

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    The document provides tips for working parents to reduce stress and balance work and family responsibilities. It recommends planning mornings and meals in advance, delegating chores to children, keeping in touch with friends and family briefly by phone, maintaining a work-life balance by leaving work on time and saying no to extra tasks, keeping an organized calendar, and making time for self-care and the relationship with a spouse. Following these tips can help working parents have an easier time juggling their responsibilities.

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    The document provides tips for working parents to reduce stress and balance work and family responsibilities. It recommends planning mornings and meals in advance, delegating chores to children, keeping in touch with friends and family briefly by phone, maintaining a work-life balance by leaving work on time and saying no to extra tasks, keeping an organized calendar, and making time for self-care and the relationship with a spouse. Following these tips can help working parents have an easier time juggling their responsibilities.

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    Tips for Working Parents

    The job of a working parent is one of the most difficult jobs in the world. Parents
    who plan carefully and have their families cooperate can have an easier time. Here
    are some tips that some working moms and dads can use to reduce stress levels
    and get everything done.

    1. Plan Your Mornings


    Mornings are usually the most stressful part of the day for working parents. Things
    will go more smoothly if you do some things the night before. You can pack
    lunches (or have kids make their own) and get the kids' clothes ready. Teach kids
    to get themselves ready in the morning by putting up a wall chart that lists "brush
    teeth," "make bed," "get dressed," "eat breakfast," and whatever else they need to
    do.

    2. Plan Your Meals


    Use a cookbook that contains easy-to-prepare recipes. Double a recipe and freeze
    half for another meal. When you're making a salad, make double and save half for
    the next night. You can also save time by making only one shopping trip per week
    to buy the food you need. Another time-saving method is using a pressure cooker
    that can cook most food in half the time or a slow cooker that you can use to cook
    food slowly when you are out of the house.

    3. Delegate Chores
    There is nothing wrong in asking your kids to help you. Even small children can
    learn to set the table for meals, older ones can serve drinks, and everyone can
    help bring plates to the table. It will save time if you teach kids to clear the table,
    get their own morning cereal, and load the dishwasher. Have children take out the
    trash, teach them to use the washing machine, and to fold their clean clothes and
    put them away. Award kids by giving points for chores done to show your kids how
    much you appreciate their help.
    4. Phone Friends and Family
    Your friends and family are probably as busy as you are. Make a few quick calls on
    the way to work or coming home in order to let people know you are thinking of
    them. You will be too busy at home to make those important calls.

    5. Keep Your Work and Life in Balance


    Don't let work pressures take up your family time. Try to leave work early a few
    days a week. Learn to say no to your boss when you feel that the extra work will
    add stress. Use a calendar to note all the kids' music lessons, sports practices, and
    birthdays so you know all the things that are happening each month. Make sure
    every family and work event is on the same calendar. When you get the school
    calendar, write down everything for the full year. Place Post-it Notes in your house
    and at the office to help you remember important or last-minute events.

    6. Make Time for Yourself


    Parents often put themselves last on the list, but you need to find a way to give
    yourself the energy you need to be good parents. So take care of yourself: Go to
    the gym, visit a museum, meet a friend for coffee, join a book club, or spend time
    on your hobby. Most important, try to spend quality time together as a couple at
    least once a week, without the children.

    I suggest you take in mind these tips really useful for you and the rest of the world.

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