they are all in bed should i wake them

I know this is an old discussion but my 12 year old is a bit like this. She stays up late, especially on weekends and then doesn't get up till midday.... I sometimes let her sleep if I am feeling kindly or vacuum into her room if I think she should be up and helping..

I would wake them up and tell them to help clean the house. Do they get an allowance. I would hope not. If they arent' helping around the house, they don't deserve one. If they do get an allowance, I would take it away from them. If they aren't going to help around the house, I would clean and make as much noise as I can while they are sleeping. If they don't like it, tough. They are old enough to help. You are the parent. You are the boss. Not them.

Clean anyway, if you can do other places than their rooms fine wait until they are up but as teenagers they should look after their own rooms by now - I had to. Do they keep you awake with ther noise? I'd get the hoover out in other rooms without feeling guilty.

It depends on the time, but I would have to say..that they should not be up all night...and they should definitely help out. I have a teenager and he complains when he has to do anything...but sometimes you just have to push them...or they will never learn responsibility....

I was going to say no as it's early on a sunday morning here, but it is probably a different time there! If it's after midday, go for it lol they can sleep in tomorrow.

Well, it seems to me that if they stay up all night then it is their fault and not yours that they are alseep when you need to do housework. If your cleaning wakes them up then they will just have to learn not to complain or to go to bed earlier *laugh* I think that it is your right to clean and maybe they can learn to sleep through your work or else they will have to start getting to bed sooner so that they can get up and help you with your endeavors. ^_^

Go ahead and do your cleaning and be as loud with it as you want. Teenagers should not be staying up all night anyways. There was a farmer in my area who knew his teenager boys were going out drinking on Friday nights and sneaking in very late in the night. He would wake them by five in the morning and make them do chores, keeping them busy working hard all day. I really doubt if the boys stopped drinking but I am sure they learned responsibility.

I would think if it is Saturday, and time to Clean, Yes, you should Wake them, and make them help you. They will never learn Responsibility, and how to work if you do not make them help you.

Wake them up and tell them to get busy. You are not doing them any favors by letting them get by so easy.

when I was a teenager and I stayed up all night my mother made sure that I was up by at least 9 am. I think that it was to prove a point. If I was going to stay up all night I sure as the hell was not going to sleep all day. So I say do whatever you have to do. If you wake up your teenagers than that is just to bad for them. They should be awake helping you out anyway.

if they stayed up all night, then thats their fault. you shouldnt have to hold off on your daily things just so you dont wake them up. and if my experience with teenagers taught me anything, its that they can sleep through a lot, so if they are really so tired, they can deal with it. but they should be up, helping you. or you could just assign them each their own duties and make them complete those chores before letting them go out anywhere. good luck

As teenagers they are fully capable of helping you! My son is 13 months old & get this - after I change his diaper he gets up, grabs his diaper & throws it away in the trash can (for real). If he's capable of this, those teenagers are more than capable of helping you. Besides I'm sure you didn't create all the mess you need to clean up. They need to learn responsibility. Good luck.

You're the parent.

OK if they are teens then make all the noise you want if they wake up then they wake up they will learn to go to bed at nite that way. they are teens they should know better anyway.

They are teenagers, right? Well, who is the parent??? I suppose it is you. That means that you own the house and make the rules. If you want to clean now than do it. If the kids complain let them know that you are not going to adjust your schedule and plans to allow them to stay up all night. If the noise you make cleaning bothers them they can get up and leave the house. Better yet, let them know they can help. After all, it is their house too. They contribute to the messiness so they should help clean it. Forgive me for asking but where are you from? The reason I am asking is because in the United States, school has started and most teenagers are in school during the day. This does not allow many of them to stay up all night.

When the kids are little and are likely to keep you from getting your work done, by all means let them sleep. When they are old enough to help out it is time to get out of bed and help mom. No way would I tiptoe around so my teenager could get extra sleep unless they were ill.

You shouldn't have to be concerned about waking them - maybe they sholdn't stay up all night! Who's the parent here anyway?

wake them up they can go back to bed after they clean

Well, since it IS your house perhaps you should be the one in charge and the who does as they wish? I mean, if they are sleeping and you have things to do, by all means do exactly what you need to do.

Absolutely wake them up! They can certainly stay up all night if the want to. But they still have to get up the next day as usual and be productive members of the family. Just because they choose to stay up all night doing whatever shouldn't give them carte blanche to stay in bed and do nothing the next day.