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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Indeed, teens can be sleepy. Yet…

My DC attends a boarding school where all  freshman turn phones in to a charging station at 9pm. They don’t get them back until morning. Each student has an old school alarm clock, and manages to get themself up each morning. Somehow, necessity is the mother of invention (or in this case, self discipline) and they all manage just fine.

Take away the phone. 
Buy a cheap alarm clock. 
Do not wake them up. Let them own the fail if they fail. The beauty of failing when the stakes are low (grade 9) is that they likely won’t let it happen twice.

I really think life skills and habits need to be layered gradually. Let them do a load of laundry. Make a meal sometimes.

But by high school, it is wise to set the floor at:
Wake yourself up and shower on time
Track your assignments, long term and short, and get them in on time 
Choose a healthy diet that you like and try not to eat too much crap 
Get a summer job. A real job.

My oldest did not go to boarding school. We let the alarm clock be his struggle. I really wanted to wake him up, but only time I did was when we had air travel planned and there was no other choice. He developed the rise and shine muscle by November of freshman year.

You know your kids can do this, right? [/quote]

No one needs parenting advice from someone who outsourced parenting their young teen to a boarding school. Serious yikes! [/quote]

Agree. I hope you don't offer parenting advice out loud to real parents. they are rolling their eyes at you.[/quote]

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