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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have one kid who takes forever no matter what I do. Now that she’s older (12) she does better with less time, but when she was younger, I just could not get her to go faster.

My system was to wake up and get myself ready. Make breakfast for the kids then wake them up. No screens, but they were allowed to start a game or play or whatever if they were totally ready for school (except shoes- which we don’t wear in the house.)
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10 minutes before we had to leave we would all get ready to go. My slow kid needed that whole 10 minutes to put her shoes on and pick up her backpack, I swear. [/b]

We had the same routine every day and used an alarm to be sure everyone knew when it was time to put shoes on. Also from about ages 3-8 my kids slept in their school clothes. It was a total game changer.[/quote]

We do the bolded as well. The "go" time I advertise to the kids is the time they have to put their stuff on. In winter it sometimes needs to be 15 minutes for my kids who still gather hats, scarves, and gloves for recess.[/quote]

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