| A lot of teenagers have trouble getting up in the | | | | already. |
| morning. If you have a difficult, defiant or oppositional | | | | So what do you do exactly? First of all, let your child |
| defiant teenager, it could be that getting your child up in | | | | know you are going to be doing this and then every |
| the morning for school could become a daily chore | | | | morning you go him and wake him up one time and |
| that you dread. | | | | one time only. If he gets up and goes to school on time |
| You go in his room, wake him up again and again, but | | | | that is fine. But if he sleeps late then he is going to be |
| he does not get up. Finally, you have to force him to | | | | late for school and he will have to face the |
| get out of bed - cursing and screaming, yelling at one | | | | consequences himself. |
| another - all just to get him to go to school on time. | | | | Your kid is not going to like this. He will probably yell at |
| What exactly should you do about this? | | | | you for this. But the bottom line is that he will see that |
| First of all we should examine this situation much more | | | | you are no longer taking the responsibility of getting him |
| closely. Your teenager is supposed to go to school - | | | | up for school on time. |
| that means he has to get there on time. It is his job to | | | | He will begin to make the responsibility his own. As a |
| get there on time. Is it your problem or the child's | | | | parent, this is your job, to teach him how to take |
| problem that he gets to school on time? | | | | responsibility for his actions and also be responsible for |
| If you look at it carefully, it is your child's responsibility - | | | | his own obligations. |
| you have been through school already. It is his job to | | | | When he is an adult, your teenager is not going to |
| make sure he gets to school on time and fulfills his | | | | have anyone wake him up for his job or get him to |
| responsibilities. The truth is that if you are making it | | | | what he has to do. It is up to him to learn how do to |
| your job to get your child up for school on time and | | | | that now and that is your job as a parent to teach him |
| not letting him take responsibility for that, then you have | | | | to do these things. |
| made it your job and not his job. | | | | At a later time we will discuss what happens if your |
| That is really the problem. It is your child's responsibility | | | | child does not really want to go to school and that is |
| to make sure he is at school on time, not yours. It really | | | | why he is not getting up. But for now, if your child does |
| is his responsibility. He is the one that has to take | | | | want to go to school and is doing okay in school, the |
| detention, is going to fall behind, is going to be late for | | | | way to handle him not getting up on time is by letting |
| school, and is going to get in trouble. | | | | him miss school and face the consequences himself. |
| It is not your position. You have been through school | | | | |