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[quote=Anonymous]OP, how old are the kids?

You said the oldest had 3 years at the school before the youngest started school, so I'm going to assume the oldest is around 3rd grade (roughly age 8) and the youngest is around kindergarten (roughly age 5).

At young ages you as the parent end up having to be 100% responsible for making sure the kids are at the school building on time. They are showing you they cannot handle the level of responsibility/independence you are currently giving them in the morning, so you need to change something.

I would start helping/supervising each step of the morning routine. Wake up the oldest kid, and tell them to get dressed. Tell them they have (pick a number that works with your schedule) minutes to do it and you will be back to check. Go get the youngest kid out of bed and help get dressed. Walk back into the older kid's room and either he's dressed (good) or he "has shown that he needs your help" so you will physically hand him each piece of clothing and Make Sure he gets dressed (he will probably hate this enough to quickly start getting dressed on his own within the time limit you give). Escort both kids to the kitchen and set a timer for breakfast - give them their breakfast while you pack the lunches. When the breakfast timer goes off, no matter how much or how little they have eaten walk both kids into the bathroom and supervise brushing teeth. Then hand them each their backpacks and physically guide them out the door at whatever time is on the schedule so you can be at school on time. They can earn more independence when they show you they can handle it.

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