For those of you who have young children as I do (my oldest is in kindergarten), you may know that it can be pretty stressful trying to get your kids to school on time. It used to take a lot of pushing, prodding, moaning, groaning, and crabbing on our part to get her to get dressed, shoes on, jacket on, backpack packed and stowed, in order to get to school on time. I don't think it was a pleasant morning experience for my daughter and I know it wasn't pleasant for me. It stressed me out.
But now I think I've found the solution. I just don't force my daughter gets to school on time on any particular morning. I'm not going to complain at her or send her off to get socks on. I relax in the kitchen and perhaps softly remind her of what time it is, since she doesn't look at the clock. But it's up to her when we leave. She got a tardy slip the first time I did it, which she didn't like a bit. But now I'm more relaxed in the morning and so is she. I wonder why I didn't do it earlier.
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