This morning, my daughter's alarm clock went off for 30 minutes. My heart skipped a few beats at first. She slept right through it. Having to listen to 30 minutes of loud and annoying sounds is not the way to start off my day. It broke my sleep and I'm not the one who has to go to school. Eventually, I had to get out of my nice warm bed, walk down a flight of stairs, turn on her bedroom light, and yell at her to get up. I'm trying to teach her that she has to be more responsible as a teenager and she shouldn't rely on me to wake her up. Going to school is her job; I'm retired.
The fact that she (and sometimes her sister) sleep so hard, frankly worries me. If a fire broke out in our home and the smoke alarm went off, would she sleep through that, too? In my heart, I hope not. However, The Today Show did a special report on children and smoke/fire alarms. They had parents watch on a monitor as their children slept to see if they would awake if their home fire alarm system went off. Nearly every child slept through the alarm. Parents were stunned. They (the parents) had to go in their child's room and wake them up. It seems children are more tired these days from school, after school activities, and extracurricular activities. Oy vie!
I actually cut back on the number of activities, my children are involved in during the school week. My daughters participate in extracurricular activities on the weekends. I don't want anything disrupting their school work. TV time is limited. School today is definitely different than school back in my day. I believe teachers place more demands on children.
I'll be working with my daughter again and again so that she can "rise and shine" on her own. I'm praying that next time, she'll get up and go to work. Mom needs her beauty sleep.
Posted By: Marsha Jones
Wednesday, November 18th 2009 at 7:04AM
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