The fastest way through the morning is to do it yourself. Tie the shoes, pour the milk, pack the bag, and everyone gets out the door on time. It works, which is exactly why nothing ever changes. A year later you are still doing every bit of it, quietly wondering why a kid who can work a tablet blindfolded cannot seem to find their own shoes. Capable kids are made, not born, and the whole price is a slower morning now.
The Capable Kid Handbook is a practical guide to handing the everyday over, one skill at a time. What a kid can take on at each age from two to twelve, how to set your home up so they can reach it, a four-step method for handing off any skill at all, chores that work without a reward chart, and what to do when they push back. Written for the parent who would like to carry a little less of the everyday, and to raise someone who can carry it themselves.