Parents and Guardians: When is the first day of school for your kids, and did you finish your back-to-school shopping yet?

I came across this funny blog the other day about back to school shopping in the present era vs. the 1970’s.

I remember when I was little, it was a lunch box, some pencils and a sharpener, a ruler, glue, scissors and a pencil case. My bag was whatever I wanted it to be. Nothing was specific.

Now the rules are very specific and the list is very long. 3 boxes of tissues, wipes, and specific types of large quantities of everything else.

First day of school where I live is Thursday, 9/4.

Here’s the blog post – it’s funny and very accurate:

http://widelawns.blogspot.com/2014/08/back-to-school-70s-vs-today-lot-has.html