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.
The trick is to pick something and sing it yourself. Preferably some old traditional song.
Tuvan throat singing
Excellent idea.
I would stay in bed all day to listen
When I was a teenager who had to get up for school my mother would do this and I had to tell her to stop because I started to genuinely loathe her singing, whatever noise gets picked for an alarm you’re getting conditioned to have a negative reaction to