A TikTok video by Samantha Boss proposes a convenient method for back-to-school photography. Taking photos during summer or on weekends allows kids to feel less self-conscious and eases the first-day tension. For divorced parents, separate photos mitigate stress on the actual school day. Parents can prepare their children with school essentials and take pictures at the school without conflict. Boss assures that the exact date of the photos holds less significance compared to the memories captured, emphasizing practicality over tradition.
"Take your kids to the elementary school this weekend, pack them all up with their book bag, their lunchbox, cute little back-to-school outfit, their new shoes - all the works - and go take a tripod to that elementary school, junior high, high school ... and go take the back-to-school pictures on the weekends."
"This is going to do a couple of things: Number one, ease the tension of that day: That kid is already stressed or excited or nervous. It'll just help get that whole picture-taking thing out of the way."
"If you're in a 'high-conflict' co-parenting situation, taking separate photos eliminates the stress of that day. You could send your kids with that parent if it's their day and you don't even have to show up now, because you already took all the pictures."
"Nobody's going know. When your kid is 40, looking at pictures from their childhood, they are not going to go, 'Did you take this when school started?' ... They're not going to know it wasn't that day."
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