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Watching a long game with a toddler in tow: the five-item survival kit.

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An Australian parent sits on a folding chair at a community football sideline with a toddler beside them, the toddler engaged with a colourful sticker book. A small backpack and snack containers are visible.

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Watching a long community football game with a toddler in tow is a parenting endurance event. The big kid is playing, the small kid is bored within twelve minutes, and you have committed to being at the sideline for the next eighty.

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