Parent Hacks

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How to store little girls’ necklaces? Talk amongst yourselves.

in: Getting Dressed, Organizing Time & Space

How to store little girls’ necklaces? Talk amongst yourselves.

Tracy, inventor of a thousand hacks (or at least it seems that way!), is finally stumped! Let’s give her a hand. The challenge: storing and displaying little girls’ necklaces.

Dread sewing Scout or uniform patches? Use fabric glue!

in: Featured, Getting Dressed

Dread sewing Scout or uniform patches? Use fabric glue!

Amy’s hack will comfort the needle-and-thread phobic among us all, and save time and sore fingers.

Save time while folding laundry: fold it inside-out

in: Getting Dressed

For years, I have asked my kids to turn thier clothing right-side-out before throwing it in the hamper. Doing it myself was adding a lot of time to the already dreaded chore of laundry. But my pleas fell on deaf ears…

Minimize wardrobe fights by letting toddlers choose the night before…and wear to bed!

in: Getting Dressed

Minimize wardrobe fights by letting toddlers choose the night before…and wear to bed!

Several folks have written in about putting their kids to bed in the next day’s clothes. Generally, it has been a time-saving strategy, but in Nicole’s case, it also keeps the toddler rebellion to a minimum: A little before my son turned two he was having a hard time getting dressed in the morning. We […]

Nail brush makes a great laundry scrub brush for tiny clothes

in: Getting Dressed

Kids’ clothes have more than their share of stains. My pre-soaking treatment for stubborn clothing stains does the trick most of the time, but every now and then I need to apply a little elbow grease. I’ve found that an old nail brush is the perfect tool for the job — it’s easy to hold, […]

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Asha Dornfest is an author, optimist, and mom of two. She started the Parent Hacks blog in 2005, and turned it into a book in 2016. More about Asha »

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