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[quote=Anonymous]She’s probably a little immature for her age, but she doesn’t have any known mental or physical conditions. We’re open to having her evaluated, especially if there could be an underlying sleep issue.

She tries using her phone as an alarm, but she often sleeps through it, and it isn’t loud enough. so getting a couple of louder alarms is worth trying. Once she’s up, she gets herself dressed and ready, but she rarely does any prep the night before unless it’s for a special event. On a typical day, she tries to do everything in the morning.

She’s actually pretty good at keeping track of time, but if I completely stepped back and provided no oversight, I suspect she’d end up running late more often than not. Even when she wakes herself up, she still likes having me check in as a backup.

I agree that getting things ready the night before would help. The challenge is that she’s usually busy with other things in the evening, and by bedtime she says she’s too tired to deal with it. Realistically, I’d probably have to remind her to do that as well. She tends to be a night owl and does most of her socializing and other activities at night.

The biggest issue is probably sleep. She does need to go bed earlier and more consistently. Once it gets past 11 p.m., she seems to have a hard time winding down and putting things away. She gets caught up in whatever she’s doing, keeps pushing bedtime back, and often ends up socializing on her phone late into the night, which obviously doesn’t help. So that’s something we’ll have to try and fix. Op
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