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Slow starters

Filed in archive Education , Parenting by Michelle Donahue Hillison on May 12, 2008

My daughter is a slow starter in the morning. Getting her out of bed in the morning is a major excavationlinks project. She's been late to school so often this year that we got a note from the school.

We've backed up her bedtime, voluntarily even.

I get her up earlier. I've done the super nice warm cajoling. I've done the fierce barking. I've done both in the same morning. We've tried grounding if she's problematic in the morning. We've gone positive giving her points for her points chart for getting out the door early.

We don't do showers or baths in the morning unless necessary. She eats a simple breakfast so I'm not wasting time cooking. I couldn't cook if I wanted because I have to keep her on track.

She's 10, I'm not going to dress her and brush her hair. I have actually sent her to school with unbrushed hair and teeth because I refuse to allow her to be late. My next step is to set up a plan with the school to bring her to school in her PJs with her clothes in a bag. Let her change in the bathroom once and I think it might not happen again!

What do you do to get your kids rolling in the morning? Because I'll take any suggestion!


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