Need tips on getting 12 year old out of bed and moving in the mornings???

Question

I've tried, offering a prize, for 10 days of no being late for school, but that's not working.

Answer 1

Adolescents are not early risers. All recent scientific studies show that they just don't function well in the morning and that it goes against their nature to have schools start so early in the morning when teens don't wake up until mid-morning at best. And some people just are never early risers throughout their lives. Other than making sure they get to bed on time, there's not a lot you can do until they find the motivation within themselves to at least get out of bed when they have to.

Answer 2

Wow. I've Been Getting Out Of Bed Bymyself Forever. Maybe An Alarm Clock. Or If He Has An iPod An iHome Which Plays Your Fav.Songs To Wake Up Too.Also See If Theirs Some Distrations. My lil Cousin Who Is aslo 12 Gets Up On TIme, Just Is Addicted To The Video Games.Haha.But Anyways Maybe He's Not Getting Enough Sleep.Send Him To Sleep Eariler Than He Does.And When I Feel Sleepy My Mom Sometimes Gives Me a Sip Of Her Coffee.

Good Luck ANd Best Wishes,

Jay Tay :]

Answer 3

Try telling her that she will have to go to bed early for every minute that she's late in the morning. For example, if she has to be out the door by 7:30 in the morning and it's 7:45 before she gets out the door because she's not moving fast enough then she will have to go to bed 15 minutes early that night. 30 minutes late-that's 30 minutes she has to go to bed early. I only had to do this a couple of times and my girls got the message. No more problems.

Answer 4

Get them to bed earlier. Explain to them, that they can't go throught life being late all the time. You should also wake them up about 10 minutes earlier than usual to prevent them from being late. I am 17, and when I was 12 I had some getting to bed and waking up problems. My mom would just keep on me, and eventually after going to bed at like 8:30, when all my friends went to bed at 9:30, I started getting up.

Answer 5

For every morning not up- bedtime moves back 1/2 hour. Soon the child will get up or will be going to bed when schools out.

Answer 6

what's she doing whilst she wakes up? Is she crying - hungry? What? i might first circulate into her room at nighttime mutually as she is slumbering and notice if there is something that must be scaring her. examine for shadows, sounds, and so on. yet another ingredient to contemplate is the nighttime terror. If she wakes up screaming and does not seem to awaken once you turn on the sunshine, it extremely is a nighttime terror. those could be in basic terms complicated for any determine - fortuitously, it is in basic terms a factor you hav to stay with the aid of. i does not problem approximately her loss of sleep precise now. i might problem extra approximately in basic terms getting her on the the perfect option music. Shorten her morning nap and initiate the bedtime habitual 30-forty 5 minutes early. the perfect ingredient to do is in basic terms stay calm. this would possibly not final continuously. despite is going on, you in basic terms could carry on and journey it out.

Answer 7

HAHAHA i have the same problem with my 16 yr old...finally i left him alone and he had to deal with being late to school all the time...that didnt go so well...at home or at school hehe...lessons to be learned.
Theres obviously something keeping your 12 yr old up at nite..whether it be tv, gaming, or computer....i'd watch and see what he/she was doing and put a stop to it...good luck

Answer 8

I think punishments and rewards that fit the crime always work best. Sit down and explain to your child (remember, you're the parent here) that being late for school is straight up unacceptable behavior. You can add reasons why, but - being the parent - you shouldn't have to... It's not allowed at school; if it was, then there wouldn't be a such thing as "late." So what's the difference between being a bully (def: bullying - when a person is "exposed, repeatedly and over time, to negative actions on the part of one or more other persons.") about being late and bullying a 2nd grader for lunch money or laughs? There's an OBVIOUS disregard for authority and rules going on here.

Look around and see if your child is getting this behavior from a close adult... are you or your signicant always running late - if not for work, but for a weekend get together or for your kid's after school activities? Does your kid spend a lot of time with another adult that has late behaviors? Work on something like "If we're not on time or early for [this movie] then we're not going to bother." And follow through, even if it means (still using the movies here) packing up everyone, getting there, it's 5:01 and everyone knew it was starting at 5:00, so you don't even walk in. Traffic, lights, obstacles don't matter - it's life and it happens, so account for it. I'm not trying to say that if you can't be on time for school, then don't go... but that's a way to work out a reward system seperately.

Back to what to do about getting up on time. During this talk, set the ground rules and make sure s/he understands the cause and effect, the way to redeem themself and how to avoid actions on your part all together. 1) Get up on time. If you can't get up on time, bed time is set 10 minutes earlier. Each time. On time means ON TIME, not a minute later, not 20 seconds later. Earlier is best. 2) Go to bed on time. If not, you'll lose 10 minutes the next night. That means if you miss bed time and then get up late the next morning, that's 20 minutes earlier that evening. 3) You don't like it? Do something about it. Put yourself to bed on time or earlier w/o being told (+5 minutes the next night). Get up on time AND get to school on time (+5 minutes that night). That can be up to +10 minutes/night.

5 and 10 minutes doesn't sound like a lot, but your child can be going to bed around 6:30 if s/he doesn't shape up quickly. Also, *don't* put a cap on how late the reward minutes go... if they want to think that "All I have to do is go to bed on time (check on your kid to make sure they're sleeping within a reasonable amount of time), get up on time and get to school on time and I get to stay up 10 minutes later the next night and it keeps adding up... that's over an hour later of a bed time in a week! YES!" Then s/he is only kidding themself - the bed time as is, doesn't work for them, what do they think staying up later is going to do? But don't burst their bubble either!

Answer 9

If you find out, let me know. I have to practically threaten my 16-year-old's life to get him out of bed and then I don't dare even speak to him or even look at him for at least an hour after that. Good luck!!!!

Answer 10

sweetie maybe set her bed time back a little.My son wanted to move his bed time up and me and hubby thought we'd give it a try so it went to 10pm then the h*ll started.He would get up late, scream, cranky and all kinds of crazzy things so we put it back to 9.30 and its great again, good luck