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Has getting your kids out of bed in the mornings been an ongoing battle? It used to be for me. As a home schooling mom, it was one of my biggest challenges. The funny thing is I spent the first five years of their lives trying to keep them in bed. Once they became school-age, I couldn’t get them out. One of the cons for home schooling is the issue of no accountability to be “at school” on time. Mom isn’t quite as intimidating as a principal. There is no teacher to interrupt by walking into class twenty minutes late

It was a cold day in February when my children asked if they could go outside to play. I gave them permission to go out but only after they had put on their coats and shoes. My daughter Alex loved to play outside barefoot, so as she whizzed by, I confirmed my orders by repeating, “Don’t forget to put on your shoes.” Twenty minutes later, I took the trash outside and found Alex running around on bare feet that had turned a bluish purple color. As if that wasn’t enough to light my fire, her new pants were a little