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[quote=Anonymous][quote]What does manners have to do with it? She was eating it on her own not at the breakfast table with her family. The point is 12 year old kids are KIDS. Yes they can get themselves out the door and won't starve, but a lot of them aren't taking care of themselves in the most healthy or responsible way.[/quote]

I am home with my kids while they get ready for school every morning before I go to work. We have never once sat down to have breakfast as a family on a school day although I guess I occasionally manage to put an egg on a piece of toast.  Usually, none of us wants to eat at 6:30 in the morning and the kids prefer to sleep as late as possible because they are normal teenagers who don't go to sleep at 8:30.  So while I'm home, I'm not really "spending time" with them.

The MS feeds kids lunch at 10:30 in the morning, which seems like a normal breakfast time to me. My kids will take a banana and a kind bar if they don't feel like eating.  Is it really "unhealthy" and "irresponsible" to have a less than perfect breakfast? (I won't even get started on the "why weren't those whole oats" poster)  I grew up in the 80s eating a pop tart for breakfast while my SAHM slept in. It was fine!

To answer OP, I think because of early start times at most schools in the area, most MS kids likely have at least one parent home (I've never needed to leave for work before 7:30).  Parents with early start times at work or really long commutes might have a different experience. [/quote]

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