Slow Mornings May Be a Secret to Tech-Life Balance

Re:Slow Mornings May Be a Secret to Tech-Life Balance by teh_klev on Friday September 06, 2019 @06:15PM (#20900377)

> I get up at 5am to start getting the kids up and ready for school

I don't mean to pry or be cheeky or sound judgemental, but how many kids do you have that it takes 3-4 hours to get them all breakfasted and ready for school? And is school far away or just a 10-15 min drive? What are you doing during that time?

I know kids can consume a lot of attention in the morning (especially the elementary lot), but that amount of time seems extraordinary.

I'm 52 and my folks were never up before 7:30am to get us fed and watered and ready for school and there was still plenty of time for banter, making packed lunches etc.

I'm genuinely interested.

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Re:Slow Mornings May Be a Secret to Tech-Life Balance by OJFord on Friday September 06, 2019 @06:18PM (#20900392)

Well, plural children in three categories of school (so 6+) was what caught my eye!

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Re:Slow Mornings May Be a Secret to Tech-Life Balance by 171243 on Friday September 06, 2019 @08:24PM (#20901003)

I actually went and read part of there post history and

    "My wife lost the diamond in her wedding ring and we were talking about getting it replaced. I have two daughters in their early 20s and they were aghast at the idea..."

So make that 8+!

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Re:Slow Mornings May Be a Secret to Tech-Life Balance by teh_klev on Friday September 06, 2019 @06:32PM (#20900461)

I did notice the plurals. If so then I probably get it. That said, High Schoolers, if in their teens do tend to sleep in longer (unless they're those annoying up-with-the-lark types), and can be a bit more self sufficient when trained properly :) so you could knock an hour off that schedule.

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Re:Slow Mornings May Be a Secret to Tech-Life Balance by irrational on Friday September 06, 2019 @06:47PM (#20900559)

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Re:Slow Mornings May Be a Secret to Tech-Life Balance by rhacker on Friday September 06, 2019 @07:35PM (#20900815)

I think that clearly places you outside of any group that this article is talking to.

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Re:Slow Mornings May Be a Secret to Tech-Life Balance by teh_klev on Friday September 06, 2019 @10:56PM (#20901505)

Really? Why? this isn't China.

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Re:Slow Mornings May Be a Secret to Tech-Life Balance by rhacker on Saturday September 07, 2019 @01:15AM (#20901936)

What does China have to do with anything? I suspect if you had 7 kids in ANY country you can't really try to have a slow... anything?

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Re:Slow Mornings May Be a Secret to Tech-Life Balance by teh_klev on Friday September 06, 2019 @06:53PM (#20900592)

I understand now, props to you my friend :)

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