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[quote=Anonymous]I think it sends a good message to kids when you are already dressed and showered when they get up. It communicates to them that you have been up and getting yourself ready, which sets the right tone for them. There are a lot of silent signals like this for your kids. It's the same reason it's better to sit down and eat with them, it helps them stay on task while eating and understand how meals work, without having to explain anything. Also: screens in the AM will always make this harder. You think it's helping now but it's a stop gap that becomes a dependency and will only make things worse in the long run. I would suffer the short term consequences of taking screens away now, to get the long term benefit of easier mornings. I promise, OP, it will be worth the effort. I went through this with my oldest, just with screens in general, and shifting a a low screen home environment made life a million times better. Screens are crummy childminders. Resist![/quote]
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