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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just a counter-argument to all those who say “oh it annoyed us then but now we laugh about it!”

I had a meeting every day before school so I had to be up at 6am.  I set my alarm daily but my mom invariably decided it was her job to wake me yp before my alarm went off.  She would come in 5-10 minutes before I actually needed to be up singing or yelling or turning on lights and I hated it and I still resent it now and think it is emblematic of her entire approach to parenting.  Everything on her terms 100% of the time even when there is no reason for her to be involved at all.  I drove myself to these meetings so she didn’t even need to be out of bed—she just needed every aspect of my life to be about her.

I know I am the exception, but if you are waking your kids up daily in an annoying way, I hope it is after having had a conversation about what time they think they need to wake up and asking how they would like to take responsibility for getting themselves up.[/quote]

I agree with you completely.  I don't get all this obnoxious patting yourself on the back from pp's.  So annoying.  I hate being jolted awake.  I don't do it to my kids and especially when it's not necessary.  My mom would shout my name early on a Saturday morning with the "I'm up, so should you be" mentality.  Didn't matter that I did my chores, made excellent grades, had a job, etc.  Just obnoxious.[/quote]

I’m the PP who uses Schoolhouse Rock.  My kids actually love it.  It’s a fun way to wake up.

To the critics. . . Some kids have a much harder time waking up because they’re naturally night owls.  We’ve tried everything to get them to sleep earlier with middling success, but there is a significant element of hardwiring to this, as neuroscience has indicated.[/quote]

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