Do your kids drive you crazy when...

i totaly understand what you mean my 14 year old is ADHD and boy does he drive me nuts. it's problem to go to bed i send him to bed at 9pm it's 11:30 and im yelling to him to go to bed. i wake him up at 7am its 7:45 and he still isnt done. so what i do now is ive take away his game consoles and the t.v.. i start getting him ready for bed at 8pm tell him go eat pick fix his bed and brush teeth. i wake up now at 6:45am and start the routine again get up go brush teeth and make bed get dressed eat breakfast and out the door. he is responding to it a little bit, but i try to keep it them same so he dont get of track.

I responded three months ago to a similar post: http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1416569.aspx?p=2 It gives the possible reasons why teens don't get up early and suggestions how to overcome the problem.

I have problems getting my boys to sleep early but do not have any problems waking them up in the morning, which is a very good thing. I just worry that they do not get enough sleep at night, though they take naps in the afternoon. My eldest would obediently shuffle out of bed towards the breakfast table to have his breakfast even if his eyes are still half closed My second one, I still have to encourage to tell me some stories so that he will be awake enough to get up from bed.

well there are 2 things you can do, either you just let them be late and they will see the consequences themselves as soon as they reach school. Or be way more strict, ofcourse my kids are a little younger than yours, but I always get them out of bed without a problem. Sometimes they will get angry when I wake them up but I am a very strict mother, and make sure they get out when needed to.

oh my god were do i star my kids drive me crazy all the time alls they do is fight with each other but i love them all dearly wouldnt change any thing in the world

I have a 13 year old boy and he absolutely hates to get up in the morning! I've tried everything I can think of, including the glass of cold water (at his suggestion!) and nothing works. He usually makes it to the bus, but doesn't wake up until about 5 minutes before he has to walk out the door. The worst part is that, now my 8 year old girl is following his lead! I can assume it's only a matter of time before my youngest starts as well. I also understand how hard it is to deal with a person with bipolar since I have it as well. I can tell you what my mother did to wake me when I was in school. It was very simple, she took all my blankets off of me and took them to her bedroom. I couldn't sleep without something covering me up, so I got up because they weren't within my reach. That doesn't work for everyone, but it sure did work for me!!!

Tell me about it. My son was like that as a kid, from the very beginning and still now as a man. I got tired of fighting with him, that now if he has to go somewhere and must get up at a certain time, I tell him I will call you once, if you don't answer your on your own because I will not fight with you to get up when I am the one doing you the favour.

I know where you are coming from. We have a 12 and 13 year old boy, at night its a hassle as you say, and I couldnt count the times I've had to make a special trip because "we missed the bus" . We have tried pretty much everything. I am interested in what others have to say as well.