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Because it was too hot.
It’s hot. Take your sweater off. Then promptly forget that it ever existed. There you go.
It was too cold.
Wow, your hand is cold. Where is your mitt? Never mind, it’s freezing. Head directly inside.
It was wet.
Remember this morning when it was raining? And you wore your boots to school? No idea what happened to them, huh? Fair enough.
All the hats look the same.
Oh, you didn’t know which hat was yours. So you didn’t bring home any hat at all. That makes sense.
They don’t know where they left their stuff.
True. I guess your lunch box could be anywhere. Why would it be in your bag or, I don’t know, wherever you eat lunch?!
They do know where they left their stuff, but they still didn’t bother to bring it home.
“Where’s your school bag?” “Oh yeeeeeeah. I left it at the library.” No biggie. I’ll just take the morning off work to pick it up for you tomorrow. You know, if it’s still there.
They went to school, or to the park, or to grandma’s house.
Oh, well, if you went somewhere. Then, yeah. That’s completely legit then.
They took a bus.
For sure. Take off your hat, coat, mitts, and scarf. Then open up your backpack and take everything out. Make yourself comfortable. It is a ten minute drive, after all.
You stayed at a hotel.
Okay, so you should have known that wouldn’t end well.
AT FREAKING SUMMER CAMP.
All those towels are coming home for sure. Nothing to worry about here. Bahahahhaha.
So what’s the answer?
Label that stuff, my friend.
Labeling might not stop your kids from losing stuff in the first place (though I swear it helps), but it does mean you can get a lot of that stuff back. The best children’s labels have these two key features: 1. They stay stuck. 2. Your kids want to have them on their stuff.
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Happy camping!