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Maeve Bannister

Back-to-school chaos comes with mental load for parents

School schedules and busy WhatsApp class chat groups create a huge mental load for parents. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

As parents celebrate the end of school holidays, they are also bracing for an avalanche of mental load tasks, with mums likely to bear the brunt of the planning, preparation and making to-do lists. 

As the new school year approaches, research shows parents of two school-aged children will be ambushed by at least 2900 WhatsApp messages in class chats.

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