Get Out the Door Faster

By Julie Morgenstern

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Have kids unload backpacks after school.

Backpack Panic

Don't waste precious minutes helping your child look for lost school papers. Instead, create inboxes for each family member. Have kids unload backpacks after school and put important papers in their inbox.

From the April 2004 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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