Absolutely at the end of my tether today.
DD y8 hates school and is absolutely horrible in the morning (partly due to hating school, partly because she stays up until late messing around so probably only gets 5 hours sleep) She takes such a long time to get ready in a morning it’s actually unbelievable.
Ive tried waking her up earlier, she still takes just as long. She comes sauntering down the stairs at a ridiculously late time and doesn’t seem to be in any rush… it’s driving me MAD.
this morning she said “she can’t help how long it takes”
fuming.
I drove her to school so she wouldn’t be late, which I’m doing more and more lately (when I don’t have an early start at work anyway!!)
I did this because school have sent numerous angry sounding emails to parents that children NEED to be in school on time and parents MUST do their bit to ensure this happens. Its parents responsibility to ensure the child is on time etc etc…..Also If they’re late, even by a minute, they WILL get a detention.
If I didn’t bail her out and drive her in every time she runs late, she would have had about 15 detentions this term!!!
AIBU to just lay off and let her be late, and let her get detention just to teach her the importance of punctuality… and just forget about the angry emails making out that the parent is responsible. I won’t be able to drive her to school forever (going to increase work hours soon).