Involved Parent: Communicating With Teachers and Talking With Kids About School

What's On Your Mind?

Where do your kids go after school?

	They go home to be with me.
	They go home and are by themselves.
	They go to an after school program.
	They go to a relative's house.
	They go to a friend's house.
	Each day is different.

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