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My two teenage sons and the nightmare of school mornings!

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Bookworm13 · 25/01/2017 16:51

PLEASE can I get some advice?!

We have two teenage sons (16 and 13) and since the summer, they have been a nightmare getting up in the morning for school - especially the younger one.

They are always in bed at 10pm Sun-Thurs (they have to be ready for bed before that) and we don't allow them to take techy stuff into their rooms at bedtime, as I know they would be on it.

I am sick of having to repeatedly shout upstairs every school morning for them to get up and the last two mornings, they have both almost been late.
It's getting to the stage where I'm starting to dread weekday mornings, cos it's like Groundhog Day over and over!
I don't want to treat them like babies but I'm so bloody annoyed, I was going to suggest they go to bed a bit earlier than 10pm, to see if a bit extra sleep might make them stir themselves.
I'm probably kidding myself but it has been going on constantly for months and I'm at my wits end!
Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!

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CoverYourEarsTeam · 16/02/2017 05:45

My DS1 (nearly 17) has form for refusing to set his alarm and then not waking up in time to leave to make the school bus. I generally refuse to wake him as I agree it is his responsibility, but I am worried he won't go to school if he wakes after everyone has left the house. The other morning I resorted to this YouTube clip, played at volume on my phone. It seemed to work Wink:

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