You don't want your kid to be like my cousin Harold, whose mommy was still calling him every morning even after he finished med school You also don't want a doctor whose mommy has to wake him each day for work.

Anonymous wrote:6th grade for all kids.

Np. You can't make this blanket statement. We all aren't the same and some people don't mature as early as sixth

Anonymous wrote:My Kindergartener gets herself up, gets dressed and eats breakfast on her own. She still needs us to walk her though because it's required by the school. She uses a Hatch alarm that I set and I have multiple alarms go off with Alexa too (wake up/get dressed, brush teeth, eat, put on shoes and go to the door). We're up and getting ready too but there hasn't been one time that she's not waiting by the door for us.

I know you are proud of your post and you don't mean your post the way I read it but...it made me cry for your child.

Anonymous wrote:Never. When I was growing up HS started early (7:15) and no one in my family got up with me, spoke to me, or helped me in any way. Many mornings in winter it was pitch black. It was so sad and depressing and I would never do that to my kids.

that is really sad.
I get up with my freshman to say good morning, wish him a good day at school and I even help him make his lunch some mornings. He is very good about getting up with his alarm at 6:15 and hoping in the shower 99 percent of the time. I get up about ten minutes after he has.
I think it’s nice to have a few minutes without his younger sister there and I can tell he appreciates my saying goodbye in the morning.
He will be out of the house in a few short years.

My 6th grader is up on her own. I like to make her lunch and wish her a good day, but she'd pack it and get out the door on time without my intervention.