Major difficulty waking teenagers for school

Izznit · Sep 5th, 2008, 01:57 AM

I use an alarm clock, but my Father still insists on waking me up a few minutes before it goes off. I end up forgetting it's on so the alarm sounds.

well, this morning, he was out of town, and my alarm didn't go off. of course.

artjen · Sep 5th, 2008, 12:05 PM

Ugh, my daughter is only 8 but she is so hard to wake up in the morning! We begin the process at about 5:40, she is usually finally up and dressed by 6:00 so it takes her 20 minutes. She can move like a snail in the morning.

On the bright side she can be encouraged to move faster by doing some "races". She and my husband do a Bed Making Race after breakfast! She really gets into it and she usually wins. They also do Orange Juice Drinking Races. It really helps her to move along faster. If she is ready for school early she can earn a few minutes of computer time on the educational sites.

pradaprincess · Sep 5th, 2008, 05:28 PM

Do what my parents did!
especially if you have girls.
i was told to set my alarm clock, and if i wasnt up they would wait until 10 minutes before we had to leave and then wake me up and tell me to get in the car.
no time for hair, make-up changing outfits, showers! yikes, but i learned my lesson the hard way, and always got up after that!

hartofalyon · Sep 5th, 2008, 05:33 PM

hmm. i never had trouble waking for school when i was little. i always wanted to get to school early to play some basketball in the yard. i was always excited to see friends again.

daniellesmommy · Sep 6th, 2008, 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by HauteMama

At what age did this start? Right now my kids are 8, 6 and 4 and the younger two would be up by 5 am everyday if I let them. They get up around that time every morning and I have to force them back to bed. Sometimes my 6 year old never goes back to sleep. They are all awake by 6:30 am, and they don't even take a bus to school. I'd LOVE for them to sleep later!

That said, kids live up to the expectations placed on them. My kids have responsibilities, even at their ages, and as they get older getting up in time to get ready for school will be one of those. There will never be a question in this house that they will be up in time for school and that they will get up themselves. There was never a question when I was growing up (though my mother had to vacuum up the stairs at noon to try to wake me on weekends!), and the same will be true in my house.

Wow mine are 8, 7 & 4 and I have the hardest struggle getting the 7 & 8 year old out of bed in the morning for school, more so the 7 year old. It's terrible and by the 5th time going back in (I start this at 6:40 am) it's now 7:05 & he's still not out of bed. We have a 8:30 bedtime and it still isn't helping. I'd put an alarm in the 7 yr old's room but he shares one with his 4 yr old sister and I don't need her up that early.

sea0fyears · Sep 6th, 2008, 01:23 AM

Ice and cold water are so messy.. You should just keep a bag of marbles in the freezer. You can't run away from marbles in a bed!

ShelleyBaby · Sep 8th, 2008, 01:04 AM

Oh dear, I had a good laugh at this. I was so bad as a teenager getting up, as did my sister (she still does!) but I appreciate that my parents nagged me to get up because they were making sure that we got a proper education.
My ex's Mum still gets him up at the age of 25 going on 26, which I find extremely inapropriate. Especially when I was living with them and she use to barge in at unfortunate moments. :@

But I really do think nagging tennagers helps in the long run.

samoXenina · Sep 8th, 2008, 02:26 PM

my mom had to wake me up because i just didn't hear the alarm...i still dont...now my dh has to wake me up....

twinkle.tink · Sep 8th, 2008, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by daniellesmommy

Wow mine are 8, 7 & 4 and I have the hardest struggle getting the 7 & 8 year old out of bed in the morning for school, more so the 7 year old. It's terrible and by the 5th time going back in (I start this at 6:40 am) it's now 7:05 & he's still not out of bed. We have a 8:30 bedtime and it still isn't helping. I'd put an alarm in the 7 yr old's room but he shares one with his 4 yr old sister and I don't need her up that early.

If you are putting them down at 8:30 and trying to get them up at 6:45 they are probably not getting enough sleep.

Check out this site: http://www.sleepforkids.org/html/sheet.html

My kids always needed the high end of the scale, if not a little more. My 8 year old goes to bed at 8:30 and gets up at 8:15 (thank goodness he's a 'late' reader and starts school at 9:00).

Sep 5th, 2008, 05:28 PM	#63
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Sep 5th, 2008, 01:57 AM	#61
Izznit and 5, 6, 7, 8	I use an alarm clock, but my Father still insists on waking me up a few minutes before it goes off. I end up forgetting it's on so the alarm sounds. well, this morning, he was out of town, and my alarm didn't go off. of course.

Sep 5th, 2008, 12:05 PM	#62
artjen Young @ Art Location: Arizona	Ugh, my daughter is only 8 but she is so hard to wake up in the morning! We begin the process at about 5:40, she is usually finally up and dressed by 6:00 so it takes her 20 minutes. She can move like a snail in the morning. On the bright side she can be encouraged to move faster by doing some "races". She and my husband do a Bed Making Race after breakfast! She really gets into it and she usually wins. They also do Orange Juice Drinking Races. It really helps her to move along faster. If she is ready for school early she can earn a few minutes of computer time on the educational sites.

Sep 8th, 2008, 01:04 AM	#67
ShelleyBaby Member Location: Scotland	Oh dear, I had a good laugh at this. I was so bad as a teenager getting up, as did my sister (she still does!) but I appreciate that my parents nagged me to get up because they were making sure that we got a proper education. My ex's Mum still gets him up at the age of 25 going on 26, which I find extremely inapropriate. Especially when I was living with them and she use to barge in at unfortunate moments. :@ But I really do think nagging tennagers helps in the long run.