I recall getting up on my own as a teen when my mom bought me a cd player alarm clock that would go off by playing whatever cd was in there. What do you want to know? Follow on Twitter, and "like" the Parent Hacks Facebook page. Twitter and Facebook are great places to ask questions of me and (more often) the Parenthacker collective brilliance. Related: Four Parent Hacks for a nag-less morning routineĪnd: Alarm clocks work for early-waking babies, tooįinally, a little irony: Clock radio hack encourages kids to sleep later Would love to hear!Īny more advice on teaching kids to be responsible for waking themselves up in the morning? The trick is to lower the tension around the whole issue. Troubleshoot problems and celebrate successes. Non-shaming, discreet, and meaningful consequences. If tardy slips aren't enough, perhaps there are other consequences the teacher can suggest. See if there are some ways you can team up with the teacher on natural consequences. Once she has achieved success, increase to 10 minutes, and so on. If your teen is currently 15 minutes late every morning, start by identifying ways to shave 5 minutes off the morning routine. Perhaps the goal is to be out the door by 7:45am.
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Your kid may have no idea how to do this herself. Identify the goal, and then create steps toward reaching it. See if there is a fun way to chip away at the problem. Let her know, without accusation and hyperbole, how starting the morning in conflict affects the rest of your day. If you've already missed that boat (as I have), start now.īrainstorm with your kid/teen about how you might solve the late waking problem together. Get your kids into the habit of using alarm clocks. Because we all benefit with more than one brain/perspective/take on a problem…just as our kids do. "good point – and surely you don't need to "act" as if? The Family Team is the way to go, no?"."Fine up until 'not my prob' – instead, act as if u r on teen's team 2 defeat prob." Longtime Parenthackers will recall that this is a recap of Stu's incredibly wise advice that appeared here years ago: to see the Problem as the problem, not the kid."I told my grade 8 class I would give them a personal wake up call at 7 in the morning if they were late 3x"ĭecent advice, I think.Start kids young with alarms and natural consequences.
Several "me toos" came back, and they had an air of desperation and resignation, as in "nothing I've tried has worked" and "it's driving me nuts." Sent out a plea via Twitter asking how to encourage her teen to self-start in the mornings:
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