Do you wake sleeping teens or leave them be?

[ChandlerIsTheBestFriend]

Should they be up because it’s day time and everyone else is up or should they be left to suit themselves as there is literally nothing for them to do, nowhere for them to go and no-one to see?

YANBU= wake them
YABU= leave them be

Leave them, they are up half the night just now anyway.

Unusual times, choose your battles.

Leave them be, as long as it is not all day.

Leave them be. Why wake them only for them to inflict their grumpiness on the household?

I wake mine around lunchtime just for the hell of it

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Leave them unless they have something to do. I’ve had a few massive lie ins myself.

Girl teen (16) is still in bed and asleep.

Boy teen (15) got up at 6:30 and went for a run.

I do think maybe ?I should go and wake girl. But she texted me at 4am saying she had just finished reading her book, and that maybe she shouldn't read before she goes to sleep...

My 17 yr old has just emerged from his bed. I'm not bothered, as others have said unusual times.

Ds16 has been gaming til 6 am. Breakfast about 3 pm. Evening meal at 9 pm.
Happy to let him cope in his own way.
A crabby teen is not a great addition to a household at this time.

I wake mine around lunchtime just for the hell of it

Do you get bored and fancy some excitement?

Thank all.

I had been waking him every day since the start of school closure and he isn’t generally grumpy but I thought I’d leave him today and he’s still asleep! he goes to bed around 10 at night and isn’t on his phone as it’s in the living room all night. Still there now.

14.5 is sleeping until after 1 some days. He's not going to bed late at all, usually half 9, latest 11pm.
So if he is able to sleep 14 hours, then I figure it's doing him some good.
Leave them alone! I figure it stops him eating everything in the house

Let them sleep. The later they sleep the less they eat!

Oh yeah no phone in bedroom here either, he is genuinely sleeping that much!!

I open the blinds and curtains but don't drag her out or anything. By lunchtime I mean 1ish so not that early. We only see her and ds for meals tbh

Teenagers need to sleep. I’d leave them alone unless you’re worried about depression.

I leave mine, but I have to admit to feeling massively relieved to hear others have teens still sleeping at 2pm!

I figure it stops him eating everything in the house

Excellent point!

My dd doesn't rise before 3-but then shes up all night because she can't sleep so it's a viscious circle.
I'm just leaving her because as others said it's not like theres anything for them to do although she makes up for the eating part as soon as shes awake!

Not allowed to stay in bed after 11am here.

Absolutely leave them if there in bed there not bored or out meeting friends.
I go in about 1.30pm with a brew purely so there are awake so not to sleeping all day then crashing and banging about in the early hours .

Other day no one got dressed it was strangely liberating eating tea in the garden at 5pm in pj's no commitments nothing to do
washing up , cleaning, washing leave till tomorrow.
Can't remember the last time felt that relaxed .
and the next day quiet nice to have a busy day washing ,ironing cooking shopping.

So received after reading this! DD sleeps till 2/3pm

16 year old still asleep after going to sleep at 5am.
22 year old up with the birds and busy doing uni work.
Two completely different children but happy for them to do whatever they need to get them through this strange time.
I am frontline NHS so not home a lot in the day to supervise what they are up to at the moment!

When you're all stuck in the house it makes sense to have different sleep schedules so you're not all over each other. As long as they're not making a racket all night leave them be!

Yep leave in bed, 1pm here 17 years old. They're happy and not depressed so good enough for me

I feel much better after hearing all these other teens are sleeping late too.