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The Low-Bar Guide To Starting School Year

Emma Chao/Margaret Flatley; GettyIt was Friday night of the first week of school, and I was throwing a back-to-school party. Using all my Pinterest Mom Energy, I'd invited over my kids' friends, cooked a new recipe (with vegetables no one asked for), and had the bubble machine going. Everyone was overstimulated and underslept, and within thirty minutes three kids were crying, two were screaming, and I was hiding in the bathroom. By the time the last family left, I swore I'd never try to "push the fun" of a school year again, and instead, lower the bar, much like I wanted to lower myself onto t...