I did growing up but my private school started at 8 and was 5 minutes from my house and it had no bus, so we'd leave the house around 7:45 each morning, which was plenty of time to have a nice breakfast together.

My kids also go to a private that starts at 8 but we live close by and their bus stop is one of the last ones so they don't leave the house until 7:30. Some mornings they are running behind (they're in middle school now so we don't police their time) but normally we're all sitting down and having breakfast before school.

Anonymous wrote:In my entire life the only people I knew to read the paper at breakfast were my grandparents, and they were retired. On the days they were getting us off to school, they didn't read.

Yeah I don’t think I’ve ever seen a family all sitting around having a full, leisurely breakfast on a school day/work day outside of TV and movies. My dad would read the paper briefly while having his coffee, that’s about it.

In my entire life the only people I knew to read the paper at breakfast were my grandparents, and they were retired. On the days they were getting us off to school, they didn't read.

Less time needed. No sports to read on Wapo

We run a short order service in the AM. Wake up kid2. Kid1 is already up. Ask what they want. Kid1 always wants leftovers. Warm something up. Kid2 wants a baked thing or cereal. They eat staggered about 10 minutes. Sometimes they want eggs.

I just need to keep my A game in the evenings so that we have leftovers and muffins. Makes mornings easy.

No, we don’t get a physical paper. I get up and get the kids up, feed them breakfast while making their lunches, then we drive to their school 20 minutes away. Once I get home I’m able to sit and have coffee and breakfast before getting started with work.

Anonymous wrote:7 am get up
7-7:30 make bed, shower, dress, start coffeemaker
7:30 coffee, fruit and cereal, paper when there was one
8 walk to metro

These posts by people who are childless or who live alone aren’t really relevant? The post is talking about a sit down family breakfast. To me that means kids heading to school or daycare, and one or both parents heading to work. Obviously you can sit down for a coffee and a bowl of cereal alone after your shower for 8 min when you live alone , that’s not logistically difficult

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone has time to do this. You just have to manage your time appropriately if it’s a priority. If you choose not to go to bed earlier and wake up earlier to have a sit down breakfast, that’s totally fine. It just means having a sit down breakfast isn’t actually important to you.

For a teen involved in a sport or otherwise time consuming extracurricular activity and a normal homework load it’s likely a choice of a sit down breakfast or getting (closer to) the appropriate hours of sleep recommended for their age. I’d choose the latter any day of the week rather than waking my kid earlier than necessary.

Sure. That doesn’t contradict anything I said.

My teens are involved in multiple sports and they waste plenty of time, both at night and in the morning. They’re sacrificing sleep to all sorts of nonsense - breakfast isn’t what’s holding them back from sleeping.

Yes, OP, I have always done this.

As a non-fundamentalist who has homeschooled some of my children and actually educated them and had them in multiple sports and extracurriculars, yes. The regular school day is long partially because of the number of students, and partially because it has evolved to be childcare.

Anonymous wrote:Everyone has time to do this. You just have to manage your time appropriately if it’s a priority. If you choose not to go to bed earlier and wake up earlier to have a sit down breakfast, that’s totally fine. It just means having a sit down breakfast isn’t actually important to you.

For a teen involved in a sport or otherwise time consuming extracurricular activity and a normal homework load it’s likely a choice of a sit down breakfast or getting (closer to) the appropriate hours of sleep recommended for their age. I’d choose the latter any day of the week rather than waking my kid earlier than necessary.

No longer get traditional newspaper.

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Anonymous wrote:Dont know many people who manage that, most families dont even have a real breakfast!

I lean heavily on hot breakfast versus any other stuff. Kids need good nutrition and hydration before trying to learn, especially any kids (like mine) who would rather talk at lunch than eat.

I make a lot of food from scratch due to allergies (eggs and peanuts) for breakfast so that's where my time and energy go at night. Also, if I wake up earlier my kids wake up earlier.

Source? Your 5 friends ?

Yep! All 5. Still more than your sample size of n=1 (a44hole).

^ adding that since my kids were toddlers they would take turns making breakfast for the family. I’d preslice bread and set out with fruit, and night before they’d prep oatmeal to make in pressure cooker - just dump oats and fruit and spices and add water.
When older they’d make egg bites or omelets for everyone or bircher muesli. I make yogurt weekly and they add whatever toppings they like - fig jam, granola, fruit, lemon curd, etc.

old people before smart phones was invented