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This is a sort of strange dilemma because the most obvious solution (earlier bedtime) isn't an option. My cousin is working as an au pair here in Spain where I live and here duties include getting 2 lovely little girls, 3 and 5 yo, ready for school in the morning. They don't get to bed until 10.30 pm due to the fact that dinner doesn't happen til 9 (totally normal) and they want to be able to spend some time with their dad who doesn't get home until 8.30ish. The problem comes when my cousin needs to wake them up and get them ready for school at 8.00 am the next morning and they are dead tired.
The parents aren't open to altering the family "schedule" but my cousin is desperate to find a way to help these little girls get ready in the morning in the most loving, pleasant way possible. The mother has told her that if need be, she is to physically force the kids into their clothes, and this makes her really uncomfortable. Ideas? TIA!
The parents aren't open to altering the family "schedule" but my cousin is desperate to find a way to help these little girls get ready in the morning in the most loving, pleasant way possible. The mother has told her that if need be, she is to physically force the kids into their clothes, and this makes her really uncomfortable. Ideas? TIA!