to expect a 10 year old to get his own breakfast.

[iliketherain]

As in the title ''am i?''

He is quite capable and has done it before. He gets up and turns on the tv and then sits and waits for me to sort the dog out and make his packed lunch then do a couple of jobs before I start brekkie.

It is not a time or work issue I just think it would be nice if he sorted himself out.

How tall were your 8 year olds making tea? My 10 year old is only recently tall enough to reach the kettle- or do I have very high worktops?

I have to say I am GLAD DS2 is capable of making his own breakfast. I have been unable to lift anything this week and its going to b a few weeks before I am back to full use of one of my hands. So for him, under my supervision to be able to make his own cereal, butter bread etc it has been a great help and meant he was not hungry.

cat64 .....not true.......I did nothing at home and I mean nothing.

Left home at 18 bought a flat and did it all myself.

I grew up with no choice but to help at home, this could mean helping do the shopping, washing, cleaning etc. By the age of 10 I was cooking roast dinners to give my mum a break, my sister who was then 17 would do the shopping, my brother the washing up etc. We all had chores inbetween this we helped care for my disabled dad, went to school, had days out etc.

We learnt at a young age that we all had to chip in, my dad was disabled, mum had no choice but to work to pay the bills DLA was murder to get 31yrs ago and it took many years for my dad to get it.

I have raised and will continue to raise my DC the same way - it doesn't do them any harm.

my 8 year old not only makes herself breakfast but feeds her sisters as well and makes me a cup of tea

nothing 'child labour'ish about it - she LIKES doing it - and as a lone parent I welcome the lie in!

It's so not off topic!!

You say that the reason he's sitting and waiting for you to make his breakfast is that he's watching the TV

Of course I'm not anti-TV, that would be silly

I am against the TV distracting kids in the morning. HTH

And to say you can't see the pictures on the radio is daft. Of course you can't. I assume when he's reporting to his class he won't have the benefit of broadcasting live footage to them. Reporting isn't all about the pictures. It's about telling the story. Otherwise I assume you'll be argiung that books, radio, newspapers etc are all redundant!

Radio does a fabulous job of reporting news and if he's serious about news gathering, he should be exposed to getting his info from lots of different media

So look, I can go just as pompous on your ass as you did on mine!!

Weekdays I tend to make breakfast for my three, ages 9, 7 & 5, but only because I am already up.

Weekends the 9 year old sorts all their breakfasts out, so we get a bit of a lie in til 8.30.

So no, YANBU.

My dcs have been getting their own breakfast for some time, they are aged 11 and 7. Only rule is they tidy any mess up, and no tv before breakfast, cos I KNOW they'll just watch and not get food, or get ready.

First of all what is YANBU???? My children always get on in the mornings, very independent kids and always have been. Wkends are our time for a layin and my DD(9yr) likes nothin more than gettin up and having the telly to herself, prob won't see ou youngest DS 13yr) till bout 11am, he's up early all week and trains 4 nights a week ( running) so deserves the layin

YANBU. My 8 year old is perfectly capable of making his breakfast, whether it a bowl of cereal or a slice of toast. So perfectly reasonable to expect a 10 year old to do their own.

(Said 8 year old might whine about doing his own breakfast every now and again, but he's perfectly capable and can do it perfectly. Just got a tendency to whinge.

Ah see, my kids never ate breakfast ever. And if they had of done I'd have made it. I made packed lunches the night before.