Teenagers and sleep

[lazydays]

I have an early teenage daughter who is just like I was at her age. I used to love staying up late into the night reading and so does she. These days I'm asleep by ten and can't really monitor what she does after I go to sleep. She is hell on wheels in the mornings. Any tricks or methods to encourage her to hit the hay a little earlier?

[Buzz]

I suppose a cute teenage boy is out of the question...?

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[mikebw]

lazydays wrote:
I have an early teenage daughter who is just like I was at her age. I used to love staying up late into the night reading and so does she. These days I'm asleep by ten and can't really monitor what she does after I go to sleep. She is hell on wheels in the mornings. Any tricks or methods to encourage her to hit the hay a little earlier?

My Dad would play this Steely Dan 4-disc set every morning as early as he woke up, loud enough to wake the whole house up, so if I didn't get to bed on time the night before there was no way I would get enough sleep.

[raz]

lazydays wrote:
I have an early teenage daughter who is just like I was at her age. I used to love staying up late into the night reading and so does she. These days I'm asleep by ten and can't really monitor what she does after I go to sleep. She is hell on wheels in the mornings. Any tricks or methods to encourage her to hit the hay a little earlier?

If she's anything like my daughter, additional sleep will have no effect on her being hell-spawn or bright-and-cheery in the morning.

[tronnei]

On non-school nights my 16-year-old stays up almost to dawn, then sleeps into the afternoon. Nothing I can do to change it.

[cbelt3]

We have the same issue with my youngest son (now 13). I have to tuck him in at night.. make sure his Dog is in bed with him, and the dog (a very polite and friendly Rat Terrier who was a rescue) engages the patented Dog Bed Magnet.... when a dog is snuggling with you, you tend to fall asleep and stay in bed.

Didn't work last night. he was reading "How to teach Physics to your Dog" and explaining it to her. And yes, he was a total pain in the tush waking up.

[hal]

lazydays wrote:
I have an early teenage daughter who is just like I was at her age. I used to love staying up late into the night reading and so does she. These days I'm asleep by ten and can't really monitor what she does after I go to sleep. She is hell on wheels in the mornings. Any tricks or methods to encourage her to hit the hay a little earlier?

no - it's hopeless. I was the same way and I've tried all of my 50 years to control my bad sleep patterns and nothing works...

[mattkime]

there's a fair amount of evidence that its biological.

[Buck]

Hahaha. No comment.

[Pam]

My daughter is 20 and still doing this. The only thing that will work is her moving out so I am unaware.