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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son could do this at 6.  He woke to an alarm clock, got his breakfast, watched cartoons while he ate, knew to check the clock so he would go out to the bus at the right time, and gave the baby (1 yr old) a bottle in her crib before he left.  He would tell me he was leaving and give me a kiss goodbye.  I was usually still sleeping.

Today's kids don't do this kind of thing in elementary school because their parents think they can't or they think it's child abuse if you encourage such independence and self-reliance.

My kids are grown now and they turned out great, I'm very proud of both of them.[/quote]

You are the laziest mother ever. [/quote]

+1,000,000![/quote]

You're both jealous.[/quote]
of what???[/quote]

NP.

I don't know about the jealousy part, but some of you are incredibly narrow minded.

Some kids are independent and helpful. It is not necessarily a bad thing.

I grew up in a home with several adults(including both parents, a full time nanny and a college-aged aunt). Yet my 7 year old sister and I(8 at the time) would bathe our baby brother, feed him, change his diapers, etc. He was our baby, and we wanted to take care of him. He is in his late 20s now, and he is still our baby. We are very close and we tend to "mother" him(asking for grades in school, etc).

I can see how a 6 year old would feel important giving the baby a bottle while mommy was "sleeping".  I can see my 7 year sister wishing the baby was awake when we left for school just so we could give him a bottle before we left.

My parents were not lazy ; neither was the nanny nor my aunts.  And it was not abuse. We felt important taking care of him. We did it with pride.
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