Older children can read to themselves and should be encouraged to take 20 minutes at the end of the day to read. Not only does it help relax them, it never hurts to give reading skills a workout. No more, one more drink , because then it will be I have to go potty . Teach your children to get everything taken care of first. Once they are in bed, they need to be there to stay.
All routines take a while to adjust to and settled into.
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