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Flak jacket and a helmet.
Things are only going to get worse.
"Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980
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Every minute she wakes up later than she should is 1€ (or whatever the currency you use) less for her week assignation.
That should help a bit.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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All hope abandon, ye who have had children.
By the time she reaches 18, she may turn into a responsible human being. 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I guess I was lucky with my daughter ... or maybe I was smart ... I never had any problems neither getting her to sleep nor to get her out of bed.
We never commanded her "Now you go to sleep, or else...!" From she was a toddler, I spent maybe half an hour with her getting into her pajamas, reading another chapter to her from a book (before she started school, she knew at least a couple hundred books), singing at least one of her favorite lullabyes, and the caress she loved. She had a casette player by her bedside, and I never told her not to use it after I had left her room. If I checked in fifteen minutes later, I would usually find her firmly asleep with some soft music still playing.
The morning started with some soft caress, like a hand in her neck, some soft tickeling, before I lifted her, still half asleep, up on my arm, her arms around my neck. Holding my other arm around her, carefully setting her down on the floor. I made waking up into a positive, warm experience from day one. When she grew too old to be lifted out of bed, she didn't forget the pleasant feeling of waking up to a new day. Even if you feel really tired, you still love daddy's warm hand in your neck, giving you a warm wake-up welcome.
Sleeping never was associated with bad feelings at night, waking up never in the mornings. Both had a lot of positive, warm elements.
If a kid most of her life has been forced to go to bed, Sleep, dammit!!, and forced out of bed, you may have a hard time changing her experience ten to fifteen years later. If you, on the other hand, start out with a toddler, there is much more of "You get what you ask for". I asked for "as little problems as possible", and managed to get very few problems.
Besides, here in Scandinavia we have a rich tradition with children's books, so even as an adult you may enjoy reading them to your kid. Lots of those I read were actually from when I was schoolboy myself, giving me a great opportunity to talk about what life was like in those days. The songs I gave her were also from my own childhood, balancing the modern music that is rather unfit as lullabyes. In brief: I surely enjoyed those bedside hours myself!
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I feel your pain. My youngest son, 10 years old, behaves similarly.
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Ooh you have a real problem there. It's going to require a real solution.
Ceiling speakers that blare Megadeth speed metal loud and the appointed time until princess sleepy head understands things better.
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super wrote: So my biggest dilemma is should I buy a new clock or a helmet for myself.
Get a new clock, and give it to her along with the receipt for it, to replace the property she's destroyed. Works best if her birthday is coming up shortly so you can give it to her then.
(As you may be able to tell, I'm no parent. By choice.)
Not that I'm a morning person myself, but I've never had to rely on an alarm clock. I've probably been awake before 6:00am / 6:30am every day of my life without ever trying. Not that I get up at that time. But by the time I need to get up, I've already done enough tossing and turning to get up without any hassle.
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Buy her a nice bicycle that'll substitute for the taxi service you provide when she misses the current mode of getting to whereever. The incentive to get out of the rack in the morning is the first hurdle.
The next, what to do on steep uphills ...
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Northern Star – a sign that stings! (8)
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Scorpion?
I know that is one of the star signs (can't remember which), and it can sting.
EDIT...  Obvious the star sign is Scorpio 
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As you say ... obvious!
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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The "sign that stings" bit is obvious but I'm missing something with "Northern Star" ...
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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Northern N
Star – a sign SCORPIO
that stings!
SCORPION
The idea was to confuse you into thinking about "Northern star" and "sign" rather than "Northern" and "star sign"
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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That still comes out as NSCORPIO! 
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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PeejayAdams wrote: NSCORPIO
Which is exactly how you would spell "scorpion" if you had just been stung by one. Ergo, the whole clue is an anagram indicator! 
At least that would be my defence to your accusations if I was Griff's lawyer. Alas I am not, so off to the stocks with him!
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OriginalGriff wrote: The idea was to confuse you into thinking about "Northern star" and "sign" rather than "Northern" and "star sign"
And that it did, it confused me until I got to the end of the clue, and then it all became as clear as the night sky.
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I think master lock-picking ninja's will always find a place 
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And I thought it was about code ninjas … 
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Back in the drawer with the resume!
Technician
1. A person that fixes stuff you can't.
2. One who does precision guesswork based on unreliable data provided by those of questionable knowledge.
JaxCoder.com
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And the Shurikens, and the Nunchucks ... 
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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No not the Nunchucks, there's still stupid people out there!
Technician
1. A person that fixes stuff you can't.
2. One who does precision guesswork based on unreliable data provided by those of questionable knowledge.
JaxCoder.com
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Anyone watching the show?
There is a scene in episode 2 of current season, when Bill meets the judge, which is epic.
The Judge: I've got two parking lots: one for my car, the other for everything else...
Bill: Well, you couldn't handle my best...
"Five fruits and vegetables a day? What a joke!
Personally, after the third watermelon, I'm full."
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Nope, it's Mr.Turner for me
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Did not see it, yet. Plot seems interesting, as does lead actor.
"Five fruits and vegetables a day? What a joke!
Personally, after the third watermelon, I'm full."
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