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Anyone have tips on how to wake up a teen who doesn't wake up to an alarm clock? My son sleeps through an alarm clock, loud radio, the vacuum, etc. Today after waking him up, waiting until he was sitting up and then going back to the kitchen, he'd go back to sleep as soon as I left, his ride came and he was still sound asleep. I made him rush at that point just to teach him the lesson. It's frustrating though.

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Is your son getting enough sleep? I had a friend who was always tired and got her thyroid checked. I guess that caused the sleepiness problem and she had it removed. She says that she isn't nearly as tired anymore and can get out of bed a lot better.


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Is your son getting enough sleep? I had a friend who was always tired and got her thyroid checked. I guess that caused the sleepiness problem and she had it removed. She says that she isn't nearly as tired anymore and can get out of bed a lot better.

Healthwise, he's fine. Thyroid, everything is fine and his doctor said most normal teens require 10 hours of sleep. That's an issue - by the time he's done school and any extra curricular activities, it's generally 8pm. So he then has to eat, shower, get homework done and with three AP classes (Physics, Statistics and Calculus), his homework often takes far longer than I'd like. High school classes start at 7:30, students are expected to arrive 15-20 minutes early to have time to get to their lockers and then get to class on time. The high school is 10 miles away, so his ride comes at 6:45 so to get 10 hours of sleep in for a 6am wake up, he'd have to be in bed by 8pm.

So I know he's usually tired and that's the root of his constant oversleeping, but there's not much we can change in terms of his schedule. Community service is a requirement to graduate here, colleges also require that and extra curricular activities for scholarships and grants. It's frustrating though because I get tired of having to go in and hound him to get up.

If he's college-minded, then I'm assuming school is important to him... what if you just handed him the responsibility and let him deal with the consequences of oversleeping? You mentioned Chemistry and Physics, so I'm assuming he's a junior or a senior? Within a year or two, he won't have you to wake him up anyway (if he's going to live in a dorm). Tell him that you will no longer be waking him up, and that you won't be driving him to school. If he gets up late, make him pay for a taxi or bus or something. (My kids are young, but we've hosted teenage exchange students... I've found that they live up to the responsibilities they're given.)

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If he's college-minded, then I'm assuming school is important to him... what if you just handed him the responsibility and let him deal with the consequences of oversleeping? You mentioned Chemistry and Physics, so I'm assuming he's a junior or a senior? Within a year or two, he won't have you to wake him up anyway (if he's going to live in a dorm). Tell him that you will no longer be waking him up, and that you won't be driving him to school. If he gets up late, make him pay for a taxi or bus or something. (My kids are young, but we've hosted teenage exchange students... I've found that they live up to the responsibilities they're given.)

I've tried that. All it is to him is a day off school. We're rural so bus isn't an option. Taxi's are also only in the city so you pay the trip for the taxi to come out here, in the end a trip to the high school costs $80 and ends up coming from my pocket anyway because he's not currently working given his schedule, and I'm not nice enough to let him take my car for the day.

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My 13 yr old does the whole sleeping thing. Last time I sprayed her with a bottle of water I have. That got her up.I didn't stop until she got up. If I left it up to her she would sleep all day and not care about school. It's sounds like the schools are demanding a heck of a lot which is crazy because once you get to college it's about studying and laying around for a lot of people.

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You could check out the Sonic Boom alarm clock... I've been curious but haven't pulled the trigger on one yet. It comes with a vibrating pod that you shove between the mattress and box spring. Have a friend that used one through boot camp and claims it did wonders... then again it was boot camp lol I imagine that fixes any sleeping problems pretty well on its own :P

I WAS that person in high school, down to the loaded class schedule and what not, and honestly nothing my parents tried helped. Alarm clocks, banging pots and pans, water sprays, the whole nine...

I'm still hard to get moving in the morning. But then I've also always had troubles getting to sleep... sleep like a rock when I get there... but it can take hours

My 13 yr old does the whole sleeping thing. Last time I sprayed her with a bottle of water I have. That got her up.I didn't stop until she got up. If I left it up to her she would sleep all day and not care about school. It's sounds like the schools are demanding a heck of a lot which is crazy because once you get to college it's about studying and laying around for a lot of people.

Water might work, especially in the dead of winter. :) Thanks.

I agree, schools demand a lot of their students. My senior year was a year to blow off steam. I'd gotten in all my required classes and took classes I thought were fun. Between the mandatory civics, government and English classes senior year, the requirement to volunteer in your community and then his meets and practices, there's little time left to simply have fun. He wanted to work to save up for his own car, but I told him that with his current courseload and volunteer hours, I figured adding a part-time job would really be too much.

You could check out the Sonic Boom alarm clock... I've been curious but haven't pulled the trigger on one yet. It comes with a vibrating pod that you shove between the mattress and box spring. Have a friend that used one through boot camp and claims it did wonders... then again it was boot camp lol I imagine that fixes any sleeping problems pretty well on its own :P

I WAS that person in high school, down to the loaded class schedule and what not, and honestly nothing my parents tried helped. Alarm clocks, banging pots and pans, water sprays, the whole nine...

I'm still hard to get moving in the morning. But then I've also always had troubles getting to sleep... sleep like a rock when I get there... but it can take hours

I may have to get that clock. Let you know what I think of it. I'm a very light sleeper and always have been. Car starting up next door, kids whispering downstairs, cat using their litter box two floors away in the basement - it all wakes me up. So I find it hard to process how he can be such a dead sleeper.

Regarding teenagers and oversleeping....I read a really interesting article awhile ago that said that teenagers are naturally meant to stay up late and sleep late. But yet most high schools start really early in the morning. It might not be a questions of laziness or not caring-their bodies are programmed to still be asleep at 7 am. I know I personally spent most of high school in a haze of sleep deprivation. I felt way better once I got to college and I could sleep past 5:30. :)

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Is it possible for hime to take some classes online? Many schools, especially in rural areas are tied into some system that will allow students with decent grades to take online classes for their credits. Good luck!