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[quote=Anonymous]I actually can’t believe you get ready while they’re getting ready for school. My hair would be on absolute fire lol because they would do nothing without supervision. I get fully ready and even try to set out breakfast/snacks/waterbottles for backpacks before they even get up. and they pick out clothes the night before.

I got my 8 year old an alarm clock and that’s worked really well to get himself up and started. I still have to remind him to run back up and brush his teeth or grab socks sometimes. My 6 year old I have to wake up and it’s hands on as she has anxiety and inattentive adhd. All sorts of cajoling to get dressed, eat breakfast, brush teeth, etc.

I also got a visual timer and I set it to now 15 min before the bus comes to pack up backpacks and get winter stuff on. We have a checklist of stuff for packing backpack that I make them look at every morning. We also make them unpack although this is a struggle and it’s a lottery of what winter wear will come home today.

Meanwhile I have a neighbor whose 8 and 10 year old girls regularly get themselves out the door by themselves entirely.[/quote]

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