May I ask you a question, since you have little ones. Do they brush their teeth on their own? Or do you help them? Do you help them get dressed? How about getting breakfast? Do they do that on their own? How the father worded that seems that she did this all by herself. TY.
I know others have already chimed in on this one, but this timeline and the associated questions interest me also.
My kids are 3 and five. They sleep and rise with the sun. So in the summertime their bodies seem to want them to be up and about around 5:30 - 6:00 (!) and in the winter closer to 7:30 - 8:00. I can recall exactly two occasions in which they slept past nine -- both at Christmas, when the combination of excitement and sheer exhaustion overrode their sidereal better selves.
My three year-old, who is clever and wants desperately to be big, would have a hard time dressing and shoeing himself head to toe, brushing his teeth and finding his way outside to his bike, getting on it, and taking off without once asking for help or updating someone on his progress. His older brother, maybe.
The geography also bothers me a bit. Both my kids are happier biking along a "route" they know well -- back and forth, back and forth, than they are in racing off into new territory. They like to be watched, and be close to home -- not sure if this is general or peculiar to them. I'd be interested to know what B's usual routes were, relative to where the training wheels were found.
I can't really comment on the parents' demeanour -- in my limited experience here it has varied widely between distraught parents, difficult to predict involvement on the basis of a few comments IMHO.
Here's hoping for a speedy safe return!
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