{"id":198,"date":"2025-09-12T14:49:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T14:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/good-worldwide.go-vip.net\/upworthy\/2025\/09\/12\/dr-becky-morning-hack-breakfast-battle\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T14:49:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T14:49:00","slug":"dr-becky-morning-hack-breakfast-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/12\/dr-becky-morning-hack-breakfast-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Becky unveils a simple hack for parents to avoid the morning ‘breakfast battle’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. Becky, also known as the “millennial parent<\/u><\/a> whisperer,” provides all kinds of practical parenting advice through her podcast<\/a>, bestselling book<\/a>, and online community. <\/p>

Recently she shared a simple, yet brilliant way to make mornings<\/u><\/a>\u2014which we all know tend to get chaotic very quickly\u2014run a little smoother. It all begins with breakfast. Guess it really is the most important meal<\/u><\/a> of the day. <\/p>

In a video posted to Instagram<\/u><\/a>, Dr. Becky, holds a notebook and explains, \u201cI make a menu for my kids the night before, where they have to pick their breakfast options. Watch this\u2014I literally just take out a pad, I write \u2018Menu.\u2019 Then down the side, I write three options that they can have for breakfast. So it might be \u2018Bagel,\u2019 \u2018Yogurt,\u2019 and \u2018Eggs,\u2019 or something like that. So simple.\u201d<\/p>

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Each night she\u2019ll have her kiddos place their initials next to the meal they want. For little ones, she\u2019d put their hand on the pen and say, \u2018Let\u2019s make a check mark next to what you want.\u2019\u201d <\/p>

Either way, kids get to feel \u201clike they have agency and they feel in control,\u201d which \u201c takes breakfast battles out of the equation,\u201d she says. Plus, doing it the night before evades having to make decisions during the morning rush, so it’s a win-win.<\/p>

\u201cTry it. It\u2019s magic.\u201d<\/p>\n

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