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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not a middle schooler, but I have a 4th grader who does for himself. I'm in Loudoun county so school starts at 730. 3 mornings a week I go to the gym and arrive home at 645. My son gets himself up via alarm, gets dressed.l, microwaves himself a sausage, egg and cheese breakfast burrito, eats it, brushes teeth and bikes himself a mile to school at 725.

We make the burritos Sunday nights and have them ready for the week.  We make lunch the night before and make sure the backpack is packed.

I find it very strange that a middle schooler isn't already taking care of themselves in the morning. However, as a working mom,  my kids have had to learn to do a lot on their own.[/quote]

^^forgot to mention, my 4th grader is ADHD and unmedicated, as am i. We THRIVE on routine. He knows exactly what to do. We don't "wing" anything. That is why we do lunches and backpacks at night and do the breakfast meal prep. As a result of my ADD, I operate with lists and plan ahead so I know what I need to do and stay on task. This is how my son is learning to cope as well.[/quote]

You sound OCD to me, but if you want to call it ADHD, that is more popular. 
 
As for the question from other pp, no majority of kids don't do it on their own and many of these that do it on their own kids don't actually eat breakfast once they are in high school. It's your kid, take care of your kid. Make your kid lunch and breakfast, it is your duty as a parent. One day your kid will look back and say "mom used to make me such good breakfast, lunch etc, I will go visit for Thanksgiving." The other kid will say, "why would I go visit mom for Thanksgiving, so I can cook the turkey?"  It has nothing to do with kids being independent or not, it has to do with parents caring. [/quote]

:roll:  My mom is not a morning person.  As soon as we were big enough to get out our own bowls/milk/cereal, we were on our own in the a.m.  And I don't recall ever feeling bad about that.  She's a great cook, but only for dinner!   And, I am happy to visit her for Thanksgiving.  [/quote]

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