Welcome to the annual (or near-annual?) gift guide episode! Laura and Sarah spend some time discussing different gifting strategies, and then move on to some specific kid-friendly suggestion.

Unlike your average gift guide, this isn't just a list of hot toys and gadgets, but more around ways to be intentional about your gifting. They also encourage you to think about what you'd like to gift . . .YOURSELF, with one suggestion being the Gift of Space.

In the Q&A, a reader writes in asking about which tasks would be reasonable to ask a full-time child care provider to perform while kids are in school.

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