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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ummm parents of teens can sleep….so I can’t can’t can’t freaking wait!!!!! To have teens!! Imagine going to bed and waking up not at 6 am! And wow, no potty breaks or bad dreams or wondering if it’s a 5 wake-up night or 1 wake up night or none.

Everything else everyone wrote I am ignoring, you all forget how it is to not sleep. Nothing else matters. [/quote]

Yes, teens sleep in. But you won't be able to sleep once they get a license. I haven't slept well in months since my teen got his license. [/quote]

Eh I don’t know Im still not convinced by any of these stories, with sleep I could take any of this stuff on. Meanwhile last night was a 3 wake-up night (potty, blanket, stuffy nose) and our day started at 5:17 AM. I would trade you any type of teen with boyfriend or grilfriend or grunting or license or leaving lights on just so I can go to bed at 10 and not wake up and sleep “in” until 7. That’s all I want and I can’t have it. You all must have forgotten that. Sleep deprivation is a torture technique. Grumpy teens with problems are not. [/quote]

You miss the point that unless you are taking a sleeping pill after drinking a bottle of wine, you aren't getting good sleep with teens. So you've got the same issue with not enough sleep but instead of nighttime potty visits and lost blankies, you are dealing with teens sneaking out at night, drug use, having sex, and other major things that have big consequences.[/quote]

Parent of now two adults and I slept great! Yes I would be up sometimes waiting for them but y’all make it sound like you are living in an asylum run by teens.  Heck I went to bed before my kids and no they didn’t sneak out and do drugs and have sex. I did but they didn’t. It helps to have dogs who let you know what’s going on. If your kid is sneaking out - get an alarm system. Babies are the worst. For most parents having teens is a cycle of ups and downs just like with toddlers. There are amazing things that happen that fills your heart with love and joy and pride and there is worry and disappointment and struggle. Those things also happen between husband and wife in a marriage. Be open to them. Meet them where they are. Give them the benefit of the doubt and remember that becoming a person is a really hard thing to do. But yes most of us got a lot more sleep just not on Friday and Saturday but we could sleep in on those mornings. Stop being so gloom and doom folks! [/quote]

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