Take away all privileges. It's absurd that he is acting that way.

Okay this is going to sound odd, but I promise that has worked for me. 

My sons had two really difficult periods of the the day, every day.  Getting ready for school and getting ready for bed.  Only I didn't have one that modeled proper behavior for the other so I had to get creative.  I talked to the boys teachers at school and let them know what was going on and that my kids might be attending school in their pjs for a bit if they didn't start doing what they needed to be doing in the morning.  They said that was fine so long as pjs weren't just a pair of undies and a t shirt. 

So the very next morning I told my boys they had 45 minutes to get dressed and eat breakfast before we were walking out the door.  They could do it in whatever order they wanted but they only had 45 minutes.  Theyate breakfast for the first 40 minutes then wouldn't get dressed.  When the timer went off I asked them to walk out to the car and buckle up.  They wore their pjs to school that morning.  That night I told them that lights out was happening at 8 pm and at that time I kissed them good night and shut off all of the lights in the house.  I didn't say another word to them. 

Aparently though their pjs at school weren't the biggest hit at school and because they were so slippery, my oldest wasn't able to play on the jungle gym like he wanted to.  The next morning I washed, rinsed, and repeated they got dressed first then had breakfast and fell asleep much quicker. 

Three months later they are still a little slower than I would like them to be, but they know I mean it when I say lights out and walk out the door when its time to go. 

Hope it helps!!

I think that "LilLbabeSwt" is right. There is probably a reason that he doesnt feel like going to school, especially since it's not something that you've always struggles with. Maybe talking to his teacher would help too since he/she would probably have an idea if something was wrong, and maybe even what it is.

@la_vida_linda@xanga - hahah my dad used to do that "i dont care when you go to bed but you're going to be up and ready to go at _____ because thats when we're leaving"

another thing that might work is to wake him up in intervals. I dont know if you've done this or not, but its what my mom used to do and it really helped. Basically she'd wake me right when she woke up...and then again after she showered, and then again when breakfast was almost ready (to tell me to come down and get breakfast) and that resulted in me being down on time for breakfast, because for the past hour I had been slowly getting up =P

I've heard a few success stories with parents who do things like la_vida_linda said. 

One story I particularly think of involved a child who simply would not wake up after multiple wake up calls.  So his parents just didn't get him up the next day.  When he finally woke up he was horrified that he was late for school.  His mom sent him to school with a note saying that he was late because he would not wake up and that he needs to take full responsibility for his tardiness.  From then on he made an eager attempt at waking up as soon as his parents woke him.

My mom used to tell us we would have to wear our pjs to school if we weren't ready in time.  We always got dressed in time.

Try getting him into bed earlier, half hour or hour earlier.  Maybe he needs more time to wake up.  I know how it is when I am woken up before I am ready to get up.  Set up all his clothes at night before going to bed.  Talk about the routine with him about what happens when he gets up in the morning and what is expected of him.  Tell him where his clothes will be.  Make it an everyday routine. Before he goes to bed, ask him what is the first thing you do when you wake up?  Then what else? Now all that has to be done before eating breakfast.  At such and such a time, everything has to be done and you have to be ready to go out the door by such and such a time.  Be firm and clear and maybe the others can help get him ready. Good luck.

Um....may be there is some reason he doesn't want to go to school, try to find out why. 

I don't know if this is happening in your house or not, but I find that some parents make two mistakes in trying to correct behavior. 1. They "take away priviledges" but do a poor job of following through. If you take away priviledges you have to absolutely follow through with them--no exceptions. Otherwise he will just learn to manipulate you into giving them back again. If I was grounded or had a priviledge removed as a kid I would just be very very "good" for an hour or so and then point that out and ask if I could be ungrounded or earn my toy back or whatever. Sometimes this would work on my mom, but I wouldn't learn anything about changing my initial behavior because I wouldn't have time to feel true regret. It's better to tell the kid. "I"m very happy that you are behaving so great right now! This is exactly how I would like you to behave tomorrow morning when it is time to get ready for school. In the meantime you are still grounded/your toy is still taken away/etc. because of your behavior this morning. If you have good behavior tomorrow morning and get ready promptly with a good attitude, you can have your toy back/get ungrounded/etc.If you exhibit the same behavior you did this morning, however, I can promise you that more toys will be taken away/you'll be grounded another day/etc. So please keep practicing that good behavior! You'll have your chance to show it off in the morning!"

The other mistake parents make is that they think their nagging is enough of a punishment. It isn't. Kids learn very quickly to tune out nagging and dismiss it as "the parent's problem." Your son probably sees you becoming very very worked up and frusterated every morning and this gives him even more license to behave as he does. He can start blaming the problem on you instead of himself. "Man, look at mom. She's crazy. If she cares so much about going to school why doesn't SHE go to school. I"M staying here." Crazy moms just feed the firey "stick it to the man" attitude that many kids develop. So in short, if you want your kid's behavior to change, you simply need to remain calm and make it painful for him whenever he does the wrong behavior by administering a consequence that makes him truly sad and regretful. -like taking away his favorite toy or disallowing him his favorite priviledge. And then follow through. Don't let him off on good behavior. Make him serve his full term. He will get his privledges back ONLY by behaving as he should in the morning. When he behaves as he should in the mornig, things will go well with him. When he doesn't, things won't. And it won't be YOUR problem. You will remain calm, loving, and aloof, refraining from nagging. It will be his problem. This is so hard to do but worth it.

Also, you might want to talk to the kid about school. Maybe he's acting out because of a bully at school, a girl who chases him around trying to kiss him, or a class that's too hard for him. He might not want to go to school for some reason and instead of talking about it is acting out.

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