School has started and my teen refuses to use an alarm, leaving me to do the wakeup myself. As thr door is locked, I cannot gently awaken them. So, I decided music was great and chose the following 3 songs (played in this order and the reaction):
- Viva La Vida - Coldplay
- [quiet groans from inside, no movement]
- Baby Shark
- [whimpers and the sound of pillows shuffling]
- Welcome to the Jungle - Guns & Roses
- [door flew open, I was forced to flee]
So three songs seems to be the sweet spot. I’d like to keep it fresh and change daily so they can’t adapt. Please give me your 3-song playlist so I can continue to psychologically torture wake my child for school every day.
Psyopus - pig keepers daughter
Meth witch - burn victim
Archspire - golden mouth of ruin
My grandmother would regularly play mariachi music at way too early hours of Saturday as she was cleaning because she liked it. I learned to wake up before the crack of dawn on those days so I could be out of the house in time to avoid it.
Anyways, spice it up with things like yodelling, bagpipes, any cultural music with extremely high pitched instruments or vocals, and particularly emotional songs from popular musicals. And maybe throw in a soundtrack of metal pots falling down the stairs or glass crashing in between songs, just to keep them on their toes.
Wake up bitch, get up
Ready to Go- Republica
Mr Brightside by The Killers
The Distance by Cake
Higher by Creed
I think you’re going about this the wrong way, You won’t have wake them up if they can never fall asleep listening to every song here all night. Tell them you’ll only turn it of if they set their own alarm.
Right now you’re training them that the obnoxious music will be their alarm.
Also, if your kid has an android I love the alarm app called AMDroid. It is super customizable, (who knew an alarm could have so many options). It can set to do things like send a notification after a few minutes “are you awake?”, if you don’t respond the alarm goes again. You can set various math or word challenges to stop the alarm, you can make it only turn of if you’re close enough to the router, or at a certain light level, and so on.
I’ve been using this for years and it’s so great
Also do you have a way to unlock the door? Not from a privacy breaching point, you shouldn’t do that, but as a you just heard bloody murder and need to get in (or you don’t get any response from them). Don’t let a locked door be a 5 minute difference you’ll regret.
*Playlist may be inappropriate for some teenagers?
I know you said three songs but Ghost Love Score by Nightwish is 10 minutes long and is basically 3 songs in one
Here Comes the War - New Model Army
One Step Closer - Linkin Park
Baby Shark (10 Hours) - some random maniac on the interwebsStart with
Nuco - Fairest of the seasons
And just as it sets in beautifully… peaceful… you immediately play
System of a down - jet pilot
And round it all out with
Crazy Frog - Axel F
Also, lobby your kid’s school for later start times. Kids need that sleep.
Viande by Igorrr of course
