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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have three young elementary school kids I need to mobilize each morning. I try to be organized, eg., picking out clothes the night before, making lunches beforehand, packing backpacks, refilling water bottles, etc., all in advance.  But I can't seem to get my kids to follow an entire morning routine without incident, which brings out the demons in me and makes me yell each morning.

For example, I'll be cleaning up the breakfast and send the kids to get dressed, only to find them in PJs watching iPad videos; or I'll tell my youngest to use the bathroom, and she'll instead run into the other room laughing and hide, or I'll tell my oldest to put on her shoes, but instead she'll run upstairs to search for a favorite necklace.  Examples like this happen throughout the morning.

So, how do other people get through the morning without yelling?

The yelling's not good for them or me...[/quote]

I think maybe having a little family meeting and letting the crew know that the morning chaos is disruptive and have them help brainstorm morning rules--with your input, of course. The rules can include, all kid electronic devices such as ipads are put in a special drawer in parent's room at the end of every night until mom/dad gets home from work the next day and gives to go ahead.
I personally love and use the star system. Stars are given for exemplary behavior and traded in after collecting 10 or 20 for some cool privilege like seeing the latest movie with a pal.
Stars are deducted if you have to give more than one reminder about behavior, ie...pulling out ipads, not putting on clothes...
So for example, 
The rule is everyone dresses before breakfast. You don't dress, you lose a star and you'll take whatever is handy to eat on the way (mom is not a cafe).
The rule is all bedrooms must be vacated and doors must remain shut at XYZ time. Go back in and you lose a star.

Also, positive reinforcement works tons--especially on the way to school "Larla you and your brother did an awesome job getting dressed and out of the door on time today. I'm super proud of you and you definitely earned a star.[/quote]

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