To wake DS up at 10am

[strumthehairyharp]

DS 16 has now finished his GCSE's and is at home every day. He barley leaves the house preferring to spend almost every waking moment on the Xbox or Ipad watching videos.

I know he's been staying up pretty late online but last night I got up to the toilet and he was still online with his friends at 3.30! I told him to get off immediately and this morning I opened his door at 10am and told him to get up.

He's moaning and groaning that I'm being unreasonable and that if I ask him to do little jobs (walking the dog, peg washing out, empty the dishwasher) he does so apart from that he can spend his time doing what he wants.

He doesnt go out so doesnt spend any money so theres no pull for him to go out and find a summer job. Simply he wants to to lay in bed for most of the day and play online games the rest of the time.

No good switching off the router, its really temperamental and if I switch if off it drops connection for a few days afterwards until it settles down again.

Give the lad a break. It's the holidays.

If he does his household chores and doesn't cause any trouble, what's the problem? I presume he's going back to school after the summer?

At that age I was out every night smoking dope and drinking!

I'd leave him to it unless you have specific plans that he needs to be part of.

No harm in having a few chilled out weeks after the exam period. My only issue is that I'd be jealous of not having that lie in myself!

BuggerLumpsAnnoyed just to keep in to a routine, eat at sensible times and be able to join in with family stuff if they want (and to be able to get to work on time at the weekends). If we decide we're taking DS3 to visit relatives, to the beach etc they are offered the chance to come - it's beyond annoying if they want to come but can't drag themselves out of bed till lunchtime!
DS2 - the 'just finished GCSEs' is going away with NCS on Monday, so I'm sure they won't be staying in bed till noon!
Neither of them are particularly keen on staying up late though, and don't game after about 9ish generally (their choice) so it works for us.

Let sleeping teenagers lie......
Why, oh why would you get them out of bed for what seems just a small moral victory. He's worked hard for his GCSE's and facing 3 hard A levels (I know cos my son did the same ones - got 3 'A's, now at top Uni - must have been all that lying in bed I allowed). Cut him some slack - staying up half the night playing online games is what they do nowadays. If he's not noisy and keeping half the household awake leave well alone.

After my O Levels my life Mum happily left me to sleep until lunchtime.

I will do exactly the same with DS at that stage.

-life-

Let him be.

So long as he's doing his chores, let his brain have a good break before he starts on some pretty intense A level subjects.

I would have been less than impressed at being turfed out of bed for nothing at that age.

He sounds brilliant. He's an excellent student, does chores when asked, isn't out drinking and smoking.

Let the lad sleep in! Mine is similar, although only 14, and he's rarely out of bed before midday at weekends and holidays.

I'd let him be and stay up late and sleep in late. You could have a talk with him to say that seeing he's at home now with no school work that he could help about the house following a list of jobs to be done.. Is there anyone in the locality that could do with some help? It's good to get kids volunteering.

My ds woke up at 10ish. Came out to get some breakfast, took it back to bed and played video games, watched utube, played the guitar until 1.30. Then he went for a run with the dog, had a shower, got some lunch and went back to bed for more of the same. He'll get up at about 4 and go to his guitar lesson. Come home. Help cook tea. Watch Telly with me for a bit (it's just us at the moment, so he is kind enough to do this! ) then back to bed again. Seems fine to me.........l.