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We had a bit of a backpack crisis last week. Just days before school began, Kate’s teacher, Miss Vanessa, sent a note home saying the kids would not need a backpack for preschool this year. Miss Vanessa said they wasted a good fifteen minutes trying to unzip, load and rezip thirteen different backpacks last year, so she would be providing easy tote bags for the kids to carry this year.

When I was a child (okay, as recently as this week), my mom used to say I would forget my head if it weren’t attached to my body.  So, organization is key.  If you are looking for a unique bag for your child, these adorably hip backpacks will help your preschool or kindergarten kiddo keep track of supplies.

Sheri! I love you! You have just made my back-to-school organizing so much easier! I have a 4 year old daughter who LOVES to try all of her clean clothes on... EVERY DAY! To minimize the mess I have begun rolling her clothes and using ponytail holders to keep them together.

Speaking of school-readiness, self-dressing is such a confidence-builder for kids and a time-saver for parents. Here's Rabia's simple tip: My 4-year old daughter has just recently started buttoning her own shirts. She has had some frustration with getting the buttons in the right holes, so I gave her this tip: start from the bottom and go up.

Lynne, when your kid's asking you to find tangles, you know you've got a good hack. Thanks for sending this in: I don’t know if this counts as a hack, but here is my trick for getting my 5 year-old daughter to let me get the tangles out of her shoulder-length hair, which she insists on growing but can’t stand having brushed or styled in any way..

Despite the summer heat, mornings at the campground can still be chilly. Heather's tip keeps kids organized and warm at the same time: When camping, we put the kids' clothes for the next day inside the feet of their sleeping bags before they go to sleep. This serves two purposes.

Chakolate's "swimmer's hair" tip: If you or your kids swim a lot, be sure to get your hair wet *before* you go in the pool. Dry hair is like a sponge: it soaks up the first thing it touches. Much better if that's fresh water than if it's chlorine. Your hair will thank you.

Bargain-consciousness has always been a core value here at Parent Hacks -- after all, becoming a parent doesn't have to mean buying into the crazy gear/toy commercial machine. Hey, we've got an entire archive devoted to saving money. So, when FM asked if I'd like to contribute bargain-savvy hacks to a new site, I was happy to participate.

Stacie's tip for those summer buzz cut blues: I searched your site and saw that the tip for using powder to remove beach sand or sandbox sand from skin was posted a couple of years ago. But I didn't find any reference to using powder to help remove the bits of hair after a haircut.

Thank you, Denise! This is the perfect followup to the frozen blueberry teething hack: Babies love frozen blueberries but parents don't love the mess. To remove blueberry stains from clothes drench the stain with vinegar then pour boiling water over the stain.