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re: What age did your kids start waking themselves up for school?
Posted on 8/27/25 at 7:33 am to baxter12
Posted on 8/27/25 at 7:33 am to baxter12
Around 10. I used the alarm clocks with the radio on it and would wake up way before I needed to be. Sometimes I’d play NCAA 04 and that would motivate me to get up as a young kid lol. But waking up on my own from then through high school was easy. Didn’t even need an alarm.
Then for whatever reason, waking up for 8am’s in college became a real challenge for me.
Then for whatever reason, waking up for 8am’s in college became a real challenge for me.
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Posted on 8/27/25 at 7:34 am to slinger1317
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They think its funny that their kid is lazy
There is a difference in work ethic and executive function.
That's why there are soliders and there are generals...
FWIW, the only time my kid has ever used an alarm is when he has to be at MTB practice in them summer at 6:20 AM. But we have to remind him to do his homework every day
(he does it, we just have to remind him...)This post was edited on 8/27/25 at 7:37 am
Posted on 8/27/25 at 7:35 am to baxter12
to go fishing? when he was like 5 years old.
to go to school? never happened.
to go to school? never happened.
Posted on 8/27/25 at 7:35 am to baxter12
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Posted on 8/27/25 at 7:40 am to baxter12
My daughter is in her senior year of high school and I’m proud to say she has started waking herself up for school.
This post was edited on 8/27/25 at 7:41 am
Posted on 8/27/25 at 7:51 am to baxter12
7 year old daughter in 2nd grade wakes herself up - I just open her door as I am making coffee in the morning. 14 year old daughter freshman in HS would sleep until noon if we let her. My wife or I have to almost force her to get out of bed in the morning.
Posted on 8/27/25 at 8:00 am to baxter12
My 10 year old has started setting her own alarm this year. She’s been waking up, getting ready and going back to sleep.
I’ve tried to tell her she can just sleep later and wake up closer to the time we leave. But I’ve never lived life and don’t know anything
I’ve tried to tell her she can just sleep later and wake up closer to the time we leave. But I’ve never lived life and don’t know anything
Posted on 8/27/25 at 8:01 am to baxter12
When the second one started going to school too. 7 and 5 at the time.
Posted on 8/27/25 at 8:08 am to baxter12
When they were today years old.
Posted on 8/27/25 at 8:09 am to sta4ever
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Posted on 8/27/25 at 8:15 am to baxter12
My couyon walks around with a chaffed bottom because he don’t wipe his arse good… getting himself up and ready for school? Naaaa
Posted on 8/27/25 at 8:28 am to baxter12
When I was a kid, I was the youngest of three boys. Parents would already be at work and we'd get ourselves up and go to school on the bus. I was in K or 1st grade doing that
My kids are already behind me. I'm well aware my presence alone changes their universe.
To be fair to my son, he sleeps in an absolute coma so that may be a medical condition.
My kids are already behind me. I'm well aware my presence alone changes their universe.
To be fair to my son, he sleeps in an absolute coma so that may be a medical condition.
This post was edited on 8/27/25 at 8:29 am
Posted on 8/27/25 at 8:31 am to baxter12
My daughter, probably third grade. Still had to check on the boys until they started driving themselves to school. All of a sudden they were up on their own and out the door by 6:30am. Getting that close parking space was a big motivator.
Posted on 8/27/25 at 8:36 am to baxter12
I was a brutal father when it came to getting my boys up in the morning for school. If they did not get themselves up, I became the alarm clock and used a vuvuzela, an Irish drum, and a beat up French horn. I’d start plowing into those things while they slept, then rip the sheets off. The dogs would be going berserk! It was AWESOME!!!
That’s what happens when your dad went to military school from 8th through 12th grade.
LOL - I truly believe they are scarred for life. However, they eventually learned to get their asses up out of bed.
That’s what happens when your dad went to military school from 8th through 12th grade.
LOL - I truly believe they are scarred for life. However, they eventually learned to get their asses up out of bed.
Posted on 8/27/25 at 8:37 am to baxter12
about 8 years old
Posted on 8/27/25 at 10:56 am to baxter12
My 12 year old wakes up on her own. My mid-30s wife still relies on me to wake her up.
Posted on 8/27/25 at 11:13 am to baxter12
My 8 and 11 yr olds get themselves up, eat breakfast, dressed and out the door for the bus every morning. On days my wife works, they are there alone for an hour and a half and have nobody to rely on but themselves. They've done great and stepping up and handling things.
Posted on 8/27/25 at 11:35 am to baxter12
Damn that’s early… my son is in 9th grade this year, and just starting to set his own alarm.
He was, however, always super easy to wake up. Just one time and he’s up and going.
My daughter, 20, no pics pervs, is total opposite. She will hit snooze 20 times. Had to drop an 8am class last year bc she was failing- bc she never went.
He was, however, always super easy to wake up. Just one time and he’s up and going.
My daughter, 20, no pics pervs, is total opposite. She will hit snooze 20 times. Had to drop an 8am class last year bc she was failing- bc she never went.
Posted on 8/27/25 at 11:59 am to baxter12
Nightmares? Try a Big Ben 
Posted on 8/27/25 at 12:04 pm to baxter12
I couldn't even wake myself up in high school honestly.
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