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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks PPs for all of the advice and tips. First time, I was a field trip chaperone with younger sibling and could not get back to the house until afternoon; DH has a set flex early schedule so that day he was out for work by 4:30am and working from the Baltimore office. She missed school that day. Second time, I got back to her but with traffic it was already nearly 10am before she got there. Third time, same scenario but with DH on his late day (on those he leaves at 7am).

Alarms go off 5:30, 6, 6:30, 7, bus comes 8:05/8:07; second stop across the street is 8:11/8:13 timeframe. I stop in 6, 6:30 then head off to drop off siblings/ to work. She does not want to be driven and dropped at the school thus we ended up with her catching the bus. School starts at 8:55 but she has a 25-ish minute commute without the bus stops added in. On a traffic heavy day the school is a good 30 minutes away.

No health issues, no special needs, timing is the huge part - while she will be awake in the moment you step into the room, saying she is going to get to showering in the next few minutes, it’s trying to do a one hour get ready sequence there’s just not enough time but she does not want to compromise on any one morning item - clothes, shower, skin care, makeup.

She does have a friend who is in the next neighborhood who she is in contact with however, that has not helped. Ubers and Lyft are hit/miss; not overly abundant in our suburb. I’m also not a fan of the shared ride option given what happened not too long ago in Oxon Hill. [/quote]

Far too many excuses and way too much rationalization.
SHE needs to find a solution.

Until then, no phone or screens in her bedroom - PERIOD.
Homework done in family communal areas - no simultaneous tv/texting/social media/etc.
You can stand in her doorway until she is up and walking into the bathroom - even if it's an hour earlier than necessary because you have to get to work. If she still doesn't manage to get to school on time (note I said to school, not to the bus), then the next morning, she'll find her make-up gone to help speed up the process. Still doesn't make it to school on time? Iron and make-up are both gone. She showers in the mornings, so I presume she needs to dry her hair? Hair dryer gone. Etc.

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