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we’re counting down our picks for the
top ten genius hacks for lazy parents
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looking at some of the simplest tricks
tips and strategies you can employ to
overcome the many challenges of raising
kids while looking for little everyday
solutions that address big common issues
while giving preference to DIYs rather
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number 10
cardboard car seat dividers every adult
who’s ever taken multiple kids on a road
trip has had to suffer through the
backseat battles that ensue children
hate sitting still and they like
stimulation a long car ride is
essentially psychological torture for
the little minds and bodies so you can’t
really blame them when they start to
squabble and fight it might look
ridiculous and feel a little cool at
first but by placing rigid pieces of
cardboard between the car seats you can
create a simple sense of division for
older kids you may need to invest in an
actual store-bought equivalent number 9
little bodies in their whirlwind
lifestyle tend to create a whole lot of
chaos in the home sadly they seem to
struggle at applying that lust for life
to productive tasks like tidying up the
mess they’ve created this hack is an
oldie but a goodie make cleaning a fun
game rather than a chore if it’s time to
tidy the rec room or play area make it a
time challenge if you want help with
sweeping tape off a tile of the kitchen
floor and challenge your young one to
bring all the debris to that one spot
think outside the box and the
possibilities are endless
you see brainwashed I say made it into
again he thought his plan Damon number
eight use a laundry basket to keep bath
toys from floating away let’s be clear a
young child should never be left
unattended in the bath well you probably
want me to get out of your hair so
here’s the Drano in cases a clogged
soaps right there next to the radio and
towels are on the roof so a good night
but there’s a difference between keeping
a watchful eye and having to constantly
intervene as they splash around in the
tub if they bathe in a full-sized
bathtub chances are you’re always having
to bring their floaties bath toys back
to them or suffer sudden bursts of
blubbering as that rubber ducky floats
beyond their grasp this solution is
simple a little silly to look at but
ultimately brilliant submerge a plastic
laundry basket in the water and then
place your child and their toys inside
it the edge of the basket forms a
natural barrier keeping those toys
within reach number 7 inflatable pool
baby play area okay if you’re big into
home decor you may find this particular
approach a little unsightly but if
you’ve got little ones in your life
chances are that design sensibility has
given way to practicality and what
inflatable pools lack in style they make
up for in functionality playpens are
often smaller than exploratory crawling
babies might like they also likely cost
a small fortune and can feel wasteful
considering you only need them for a
short while inflatable pools are cheap
and come in a wide variety of sizes
and they bring the added bonus of being
made of a soft bouncy surface should
your baby experiment with standing and
fall onto the edge number six hang a
fort with a hula-hoop and bedsheet
kids love forts but if we went to
pillows higher in the corner we could
vault the ceiling
bump up the square footage make this a
blanket for four men maybe they’re born
with an inherent desire to become
homeowners but we doubt it most likely
it’s a balance of having a cozy space
which relative to their small size makes
them feel safe while also providing a
spacial canvas for all sorts of
imaginative adventures not all kids are
little architects however and may
require some help sadly not all parents
are architects either
fortunately with a hula hoop in a
bedsheet you can easily make a simple
hanging fort that works in both indoor
and outdoor spaces number 5 coffee cup
lid drip catcher for popsicles sticky
fingers before you had kids it was just
another solid album from the Rolling
Stones with a fun interactive cover on
vinyl nowadays they’re a very literal
reality of your daily life which tend to
ruin things you love
including your vinyl collection there’s
no Universal solution for eliminating
sticky fingers apart from frequent
hand-washing or a bottomless supply of
wet wipes but this nifty hack does
neatly tame one of the worst offenders
popsicles take a standard coffee cup lid
turn it upside down and shove the
popsicle stick through it what the drips
are caught rather than covering the
child’s hands number four
fitted sheet portable playpen for the
beach nothing says family fun like a day
at the beach
although sure to result in memories that
everyone will cherish for years to come
it’s also a complicated outing you need
to pack a day’s worth of food plenty of
fluids for hydration an umbrella for
shade and much more and then there’s the
sand so much sand at
it gets in everything if you have a
youngster who’s still scooting or
crawling this sand is sure to get all
over them to diminish sand and contain
the child without spending money use a
fitted bedsheet held in place by the
many affer mentioned bulky items you’ve
brought to make a lightweight but
effective playpen number three Starbucks
cups for no spill paint containers young
minds crave stimulation but in this
techno centric world many parents have
embraced the simplicity of the tablet as
creative art studio and babysitter over
the old standards as convenient as paint
apps may be they are no substitute for
real-world arts and crafts thankfully
there are ingenious parents out there
who have found ways to foster creativity
in kids the old-fashioned way while
bless them and bless the bubble lid this
plastic cup and dome shaped lid as
distributed by Starbucks and other
franchises works as a great paint
container that diminishes spills and
drips thanks to its shape and small
opening number two a cut pool noodle to
prevent slamming doors
it might look silly but this brightly
colored reverse door stopper could very
well save you a trip to the emergency
room little kids have the tendency to
slam doors and it takes a few years for
them to develop that sixth sense about
keeping their fingers off the edge it’s
even worse with multiple kids one child
slams the door only to catch another’s
fingers in the process by performing an
incision along the length of a short
piece of pool noodle you create a nice
padded piece of foam that prevents
slamming doors from pinching any little
fingers this also works to stop auto
locking doors number one monster
repellent spray fair warning this hack
is so downright adorable that if you
don’t already have kids you may want to
start a family immediately no monster in
here well now the childhood fear that
something ominous lurks in the space
between bed and floor is a
quintessential part of growing up
but why in this age of modern scientific
marvels should mom and dad have to risk
life and limb by physically
investigating holy spray bottle
solutions Batman let’s use monster
repellent it’s just water in a spray
bottle decorated in a kid oriented anti
monster theme but it works you can do
the spraying for them or you can use it
as a tool to help them face their fears
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