How do you keep it all together?

The hardest thing for me to organize is the after-work/after-school rush, but I've devised an assembly-line system that seems to help. First, I make only easy meals for dinner and have them ready the night before. As for lunches and school clothes, I get a week's worth ready on Sunday night. I stack the kids' clothes into five piles and pack the lunch bags (minus perishables) and store them in the pantry. That way each night I just have to make a sandwich, throw in some fruit, and — ta-da! — lunch is served.

This tip comes from Real Simple reader DIANA HANSEN, Turnersville, New Jersey