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No.  You really do need therapy.  It "kills" you that your kid might get marked as tardy?  You think her possibly taking off her belt is a "huge problem"?  Your life must be really, really, really easy if this is the stuff that freaks you out.  This is normal stuff.  People figure out how to deal with it.  It is not normal or healthy to be so anxious about this.  There are a lot of "what-ifs" that are making you cry, but they are just "what ifs."  They aren't actually happening.  They might not happen.  You can focus on making plans for the morning routine that simplify and streamline things, or you can obsess over her belt.  Your choice.  But only one of those choices is healthy or constructive.  [/quote]

I don't need therapy. I need to follow the rules. But when the rules become draconian and I can't actually follow them because complying depends on other people's actions (DD), then yeah, it's a huge problem. [/quote]

It really, really, really isn't.  "Draconian"?  Really?   But it's pretty clear that you are determined to be anxious and unhappy, and that nothing anyone says is going to make you rethink that.  People actually have made suggestions about morning routines, etc., and you just want to be miserable.  So enjoy crying every day for the rest of the summer because you insist on borrowing trouble.  [/quote]

Having to be at a certain place -10/+0 minutes is draconian. I'm sorry, but it simply is. Real life isn't like this unless you punch a time clock.[/quote]
Yes, it is. Most people are expected to keep a schedule [/quote][/quote]

Are you an hourly employee? Because most everyone else is allowed to show up 20 minutes early to make sure they're on time. The -10 min part (when the gate to dropoff opens) is really, really hard for me. I'm usually way earlier than that.[/quote]

Enroll the kid in a public school and let her ride the bus. 
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