Every mom has the same problem, no matter where they live. The problem is how to get your kids up in time for school. Kids are programmed to want to sleep, so waking them up is like swimming up stream without a paddle. My oldest son, Joachim, is especially bad. He likes to play video games late into the night, so to solve that problem, we regularly go down to the basement and turn off the power to his room. To get around this, he just uses his tablet to play games on with the sound turned off. We've taken away his tablet numerous times, but he always seems to have another stashed away. There's also his smart phone which is a whole other story.
After a while, you get tired of the games and begin to look for something more effective. What I found, after a lot of research on the Internet, is a product called Wakey Wakey. Wakey Wakey are flannel or cotton sheets in fashionable colors and patterns that plug into the wall and have a chip and receiver in them. They are a take-off on an electric blanket. What you do is plug the sheets in, tuck in your child and at the time you pre-set using a smart phone app, the blankets send out a mild electric shock. You can set the intensity of the shock from low to stun. I don't recommend stun since the child will be incapacitated till their heart starts beating again. It's all perfectly safe, if uncomfortable. And isn't that the point! If they don't get out of bed, the sheets will shock them again at pre-set intervals. I've set it at one minute.
Honestly, even though I never endorse products, I endorse Wakey Wakey. It may not be pretty, though the screams have been amusing, but it gets the job done.
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