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Tips for Parents

Help order shirts and pins or whatever else is offered by your Affiliate.
Help with fundraising.
Help with team photos and publicity.
Be the liaison between the team and the school.
Arrange a public performance for the team.
Help get boxes for packing props.
Arrange for prop transportation.
Make travel arrangements for the team.
Fix dinner for your child’s Team Manager one evening.
Thank your child’s Team Manager. Give him/her a grateful hug for helping your child achieve his/her best.

Review and be comfortable with the Rules of the Road regarding Interference.
Help with the team so the Team Manager can attend the Team Managers’ Wednesday Afternoon Meeting.
If the Team Manager is unable to get back to the dorm in time, be sure the team gets to the Opening Ceremony.
Cheer for the team at its Instant Challenge “Ta-da.”
Take the team members or siblings pin trading, swimming, to view other Team Challenge solutions, etc.
Help keep track of the team members’ pin collections.
Take the kids to meals.
Be a go-for-this-or-that person.
Take photos/videos of the team and put together a Memento Album after Global Finals.
Help transport the team on its competition days.
Wash Affiliate T-shirts when necessary.
Ride the shuttle to become familiar with the route.
See that team members get to bed on time.
See that team members do their homework, if it has been assigned.
Take the team to Souvenir Sales in the Convention Center.
Let the team and the Team Manager work by themselves on the competition days.
Chaperone the team to the parties after the Closing Ceremony so that the Team Manager can visit the Team Manager’s Clubhouse area in each party.
Enjoy a wonderful experience!

Do not fix or change the props in any way.
Do not help with makeup or costumes.
Do not talk to any Appraiser about your team or its solution. That is the Team Manager’s job.
Please remember to let the team take care of its Challenge solution.