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From Valentine's Day to Pajama Day, have school holidays gone overboard?
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Feb 2, 2016
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From Valentine's Day to Pajama Day, have school holidays gone overboard?
From Valentine's Day to Pajama Day, parents and teachers are struggling to keep up with increasingly frequent and elaborate school holiday celebrations.
Parents and teachers are struggling to keep up with increasingly frequent and elaborate school holiday celebrations. Do they serve a purpose?
Parents and teachers are struggling to keep up with increasingly frequent and elaborate school holiday celebrations. Do they serve a purpose?
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From Valentine's Day to Pajama Day, parents and teachers are struggling to keep up with increasingly frequent and elaborate school holiday celebrations.

Valentine's Day is on the horizon. 

For kids, it can be a fun time to make cards and exchange candy with classmates.

But for parents, it can be a bit more daunting. 

Do you get sweets or not? Do you have to get cards for everyone in the classroom? Teachers? Teacher's aides? Homemade or not?

Kindergarten teacher and mom Sharon Lee joins Take Two with some advice for surviving school celebrations.

To hear the full interview with Sharon Lee, click the link above.