Anonymous wrote:My kid is planning to be a Navy Seal, so I wake him up every morning like he's in boot camp. In four years, I am going to send a strong man off to fight for our Country. (I am his mom, not his dad.)
No Guts, No Glory.

Your kid is 14 years old. You plan to ship him off to war as soon as possible. He can’t even get out of bed without being reminded that you want him to go fight for his (Capital C!) Country. Yes. That seems healthy.

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.

Doesn't seem effective to me...either they are enjoying the book and it slows them down or they hate the book and only hear it is 30second intervals which means they are getting nothing from it. Kids need to learn to get up on their own before college.

I have a friend who uses an air horn if her kids don’t get up on time. She is my hero.

Anonymous wrote:... I guess my parents were very lucky. All they had to do was open the door and say "Hey, (insert child's name), wake up.", and that was it.

My parents didn't even need to wake me up, I got up before they did so I had an hour to do my hair and makeup. Most of my female friends were the same way.

They need to use their own alarm clocks/

If that doesn’t work, then they need to go to bed earlier.

Focus on helping them become independent.

Anonymous wrote:Teach them the responsibility of getting up on their own time. What will they do when they go off to college?!

Probably sleep through their morning classes but still make Bs because of grade inflation.

Anonymous wrote:That is awesome.

Sometimes I take a teacup and saucer into my teen's room, sit in a chair, and stir a spoon around loudly in the teacup (as what's her name did in the movie "Get Out") to wake him up.

That would freak me the f out if someone did that to me before I’ve come to my senses.

Teach them the responsibility of getting up on their own time. What will they do when they go off to college? Let them be late a few times and miss their ride to school and figure it out for themselves. Stop hovering!

OP, you are hilarious. Thanks for making me laugh! The rest of you PP's too!

Anonymous wrote:lol! I play the Dave Ramsey podcast through a speaker when I get up and get in the shower. It wakes up all those who are sleeping in. They hate it, but they get out of bed!

Better than they deserve.

Make them share a bathroom/shower. I always got myself up early so I could shower first....

... I guess my parents were very lucky. All they had to do was open the door and say "Hey, (insert child's name), wake up.", and that was it.

My kid is planning to be a Navy Seal, so I wake him up every morning like he's in boot camp. In four years, I am going to send a strong man off to fight for our Country. (I am his mom, not his dad.)
No Guts, No Glory.

Anonymous wrote:These are really funny. My mom would let the large and very excited dog into my room to jump on my bed.

Yes I currently “release the hounds” on my kids in the morning lol