What do you do with a Sleepy Teenager...?

[primsong]

...early in the mornin'....

You know, when my kids were little I could just lift them out of bed if they wouldn't get up.

Then they got big enough I could still *pull* them out of bed if all else failed...

Now they're just big lumps and I am reduced to yanking off covers, tickling and flashing lights.

What are some of your suggested ways of getting a teen out of bed when regular alarms fail to produce movement? My dad blasted us with the soundtrack from 2001, but I have other people in the house who still need to sleep. I can't do the 'natural consequences' because left to themselves they really don't seem to care if they miss school. :-P

Comments

[siradaono.livejournal.com]

Ask Ada;
You'll only have to do this once. You must be firm and follow thru.

"Last one up has to wash the cars!"

Win Win situation
They find out you are still boss
and
you get washed cars!

If they do not respond then they all wash the cars

the second time you need to do this they will rise and shine.

[lin4gondor.livejournal.com]

I used to get a cold wet washcloth stuck on my neck if I was tardy at getting up. My mom called a few times, then if we still didn't get up, it was the cold washcloth or pounding on the edge of the bed right by my ear. ;-) My mom was not a large person, but she knew how to get people out of bed.

[mrs-pippin-took.livejournal.com]

This is so hilarious!!! I remember when my mum tried to get my brothers out of their beds. Yelling, screaming, ring the door bell.....but then they left home. Owww....I forgot to mention the music my brother Marvin used to listen at. This made him almost deaf and my mum lost her voice a couple of times....LOL!

[estellye.livejournal.com]

I always wondered why high school started the earliest and grade school started the latest since the younger kids are easier to roust out. To accommodate after school sports and clubs and jobs I suppose. 5:30 wake up calls were my only choice when I was a high school student because I sat in a sleepy stupor for the first 45 minutes unable to function. I'd jump right out of bead before entering into the morning trance state, however, lol, so I have no brilliant ideas. Good luck!

heh! 2001, I love that.

[hiwytozion.livejournal.com]

my mom would sing cheesy camp songs at the top of her lungs when I was younger. After my parents divorced, there was a time when my mom left for work before I had to get up for school, so it was my responsibility to get up and go to school and I can't recall oversleeping very often. Never really had a problem with that. Once, though, I remember sleeping through my alarm and my Mom just let me sleep. I think she figured that if my incredibly annoying alarm clock wasn't waking me up, I must be really exhausted and deserved to be allowed to recuperate.

You can always try the squirt gun method, too. If the little one doesn't work, there's always the big 'uns. *eveel chuckle*

[meneleth.livejournal.com]

A handful of snow down the neck does wonders for waking up reluctant teens. Failing that, ice cubes or cold water would work. (My husband says when he was a teen and wouldn't get up once his father tipped his bed out the window and put him in a snow drift. That was the last time he didn't get up when called!)

Or I suppose you could go the opposite route. Sit them down for a talk and emphasize how important it is that they learn this now because when they leave home you won't be there to get them off to work. If they still resist, start making them go to bed (lights out, no TV, computer, music or cell phone) at 8:00 so they get enough sleep to wake up on time.

It's too bad you need to let others sleep. There are some incredibly annoying alarm clocks just right for this situation.

[everloyal.livejournal.com]

Interestingly, I've found that setting my alarm at a lower, less obnoxious level and then having it go off several times over a couple of hours wakes me up much better than having one or two loud alarms.

Sorta like those sunrise alarms. Now those work magic. :D And they also look like Daleks, which is continually amusing.

[teacupandrose.livejournal.com]

Being a teen myself.
My mom would turn on my light and open my blinds to let alot of light in the room, and then she would come back and sit by my bed and gently speak to me, until I would stir and be like huh? and she would take my blanket off and shout at me to get up cause i'm getting late and to take a shower.

i suppose teh other thing is I can't sleep when the lights are on...heehee.