I just tried to wake my daughter up using Happiness and Singing!

[ScreamingMeemie]

It didn't work...

[SeattleGirl]

1. How old is she?

[ScreamingMeemie]

2. She is at that happy age... 16~~~

I hope we make it.

[SeattleGirl]

3. Well, darlin', that totally 'splains it!

My daughter's constant refrain when she was between the ages of 16 and 19 was, "I'm tired" (said in a whiney voice). She's 26 now, and thankfully, has outgrown that!

[ScreamingMeemie]

4. I get that and..."I don't feel good..."

:banghead:

My son on the other hand, is a total prince at getting up...not really, but maybe if I type it it will come true. :)

[SeattleGirl]

6. It'll pass, MrsG

I know it doesn't seem like it, but it will. My daughter (DUer SeattleTurtle), is one of the coolest people I know.

[LostinVA]

12. It took TNT to wake me then

I went to a rural HS... caught the bus at 630, school all day, practice until 600, home by 630, ate and did homework until I collapsed at about 10-11..... no wonder I'm only 5'3"... it stunted my growth....

[ScreamingMeemie]

14. She has to be at the bus stop at 6:40 for an hour bus ride to school.

By the time she's done with school and various school activities it's dinner time...then bed. But she says it is worth it for the four years...Maybe that's why she has stopped growing as well.;) Lost, how are you? :hug:

[LostinVA]

15. I'm doing pretty well

Staying out of trouble... we killed a troll this morning in DU. That was entertaining AND a public service. How are you? Mr. G still snoring?

Tell your daughter I understand -- I lived through it!

[Robeson]

5. God, I'm so glad I don't have children, because I remember how...

...much my parents annoyed me doing that type of shit.....;-)

[ScreamingMeemie]

7. Hehehe...it is my only way to make up for the crap my parents put

me through...:D

[peacefreak]

8. You're a brave woman.

When my daughter was 16 I called her Sarah the Bear. We had a pact not to talk to each other in the morning. It was the only way I could keep my head on my shoulders. It did pass. I can't wait until she has some kids to see how she does!

[ScreamingMeemie]

9. She saves the true nastiness till the car ride on the way to the bus

stop. :)

[riona]

10. try lots of light

if that doesn't work, it's probably a good time to vacuum her room

[Crazy Dave]

11. Try...

"There's a spider on the bed!"

Makes my wife jump two feet off the bed. :evilgrin:

[MissHoneychurch]

13. Now Dave

that is very very mean of you!!!!

[RubyDuby in GA]

16. I remember being that way and my mom's totally effective method

for getting me up: a cup of ice cold water being poured over me. I bet she'll be out of that bed as fast as I was. Highly effective method......

[usedtobesick]

17. My mother used a water gun...

with these cool new super soakers you could wake her up, really piss her off, give her a shower, wash her bedding, and make her spend huge amounts of money as an adult to pay for her counseling, so you get six for the price of one at Toys-r-us. What a deal! The ultimate parental payoff...

[merh]

18. My mom used to try everything.

Hell, for that matter, so did the various roommates I have had.

I just don't wake up well.

I'm afraid if you came in with that Happiness and Singing crap, I'd throw something at you.

But that doesn't mean I don't love you. :hug: :loveya:

[bigwillq]

19. What song did you sing?

:shrug:

:hi:

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

20. no amount of happiness and singing would work for me at 6:15 am

x(

[southlandshari]

21. The only way I can get my daughter up some mornings is

to spray her with Febreze. She hates it, but it does the trick. Plus she starts the day smelling fresh and clean.

:D

[deadparrot]

22. I used to throw pillows.

:hi:

[Shine]

23. LOL! Oh gawd....THIS is what I have to look forward to, right?

:eyes: Sometimes, I freak myself out with what The Teenage Years mean....

my oldest, a son, officially becomes a Teenager this November.

:scared:

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

24. be afriad....be very afriad

you're gonna have a lot of candles to light :hug:

[Shine]

25. LOL!!

:hug: :loveya:

what a great thing to say. You are absolutely right.

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

26. my mom had a magnet on the fridge for mine and my sis' teen years,

it read "Ask your teenager now while they still know everything!" I used to make fun of it then, but looking back, it is so true

[Shine]

27. Heheheh. That's pretty funny.

that reminds me of the one my DAD gave me, a few years back, that said:

"Who are these kids and why are they calling me Mom?"

:rofl:

[Shakespeare]

28. I tried that approach with my non-morning-person sister once.

Her response? "Are you always such a fucking ray of sunshine?" :rofl: