My difficult child went to boarding school last semester and now is in an Residential Treatment Facility (RTF), BUT, when he was home for school I had to wake him up every morning for as long as I can remember. I have bought him so many different types of alarm clocks, dual alarms, the ones that have a scent, then light up, then make noise, everything, nothing worked!
Over the summer we made him get up at 9 AM every morning because I didn't want to have a lot of trouble when transitioning for school, he set his alarm so he was kind of awake, but I still had to nudge him a lot to get him moving. If he had to catch a bus he would have missed it!
I have two teenage nephews who are both easy child's and I know they do not get up on their own, they must be woken up every morning!
Great questions Busywend, I'll be interested in seeing everyone else's responses because my husband thinks that my difficult child is the only one who doesn't get up on his own!!!