How to Watch TV Without Waking Up Your Siblings
Be sure you want to risk it., Turn down the volume., If your siblings fight you in your sleep, cooperate., If your sibling snores or talks in their sleep, don't slap them in the face or tell them to shut up., If they start to wake up and you might...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Be sure you want to risk it.
If it's a show for toddlers (Barney and Friends, Max and Ruby, etc), or you think you may get made fun of, be sure you want to risk it. -
Step 2: Turn down the volume.
If you were to choose to watch the show at volume 70, your siblings would for sure wake up and it would be game over.
Instead, turn it down to 20 or lower.
If you have trouble hearing, go ahead and turn it up to 40 or 50, but be careful. , Like if they nudge you a little, just lay there and pretend you're not there.
If they keep kicking you, it won't kill you to roll off, or at least get off the bed or whatever you're on.
Just be quiet.
If they pull the sheets, don't engage in tug-a-war or they may wake up.
Just quietly find another blanket if it's cold, or find warmer pajamas. , They will wake up and they might cry depending on their age.
If you live with your parents, you may get in trouble.
Just ignore the talking or snoring.
If you have to, turn on captions so you can see what the characters on TV are saying. , Get off the bed or whatever, turn off the TV, and (quietly) hurry away.
Once they go back to sleep, they say it's okay, they want to watch too, or if you think it's safe, go back and turn back on the TV. , There's all kinds of articles you can look at to find what else you could do! -
Step 3: If your siblings fight you in your sleep
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Step 4: cooperate.
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Step 5: If your sibling snores or talks in their sleep
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Step 6: don't slap them in the face or tell them to shut up.
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Step 7: If they start to wake up and you might be embarrassed
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Step 8: abandon ship.
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Step 9: Once you're done
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Step 10: turn off the TV
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Step 11: clean up after yourself
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Step 12: and if it's not your room
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Step 13: leave or go find something else to do.
Detailed Guide
If it's a show for toddlers (Barney and Friends, Max and Ruby, etc), or you think you may get made fun of, be sure you want to risk it.
If you were to choose to watch the show at volume 70, your siblings would for sure wake up and it would be game over.
Instead, turn it down to 20 or lower.
If you have trouble hearing, go ahead and turn it up to 40 or 50, but be careful. , Like if they nudge you a little, just lay there and pretend you're not there.
If they keep kicking you, it won't kill you to roll off, or at least get off the bed or whatever you're on.
Just be quiet.
If they pull the sheets, don't engage in tug-a-war or they may wake up.
Just quietly find another blanket if it's cold, or find warmer pajamas. , They will wake up and they might cry depending on their age.
If you live with your parents, you may get in trouble.
Just ignore the talking or snoring.
If you have to, turn on captions so you can see what the characters on TV are saying. , Get off the bed or whatever, turn off the TV, and (quietly) hurry away.
Once they go back to sleep, they say it's okay, they want to watch too, or if you think it's safe, go back and turn back on the TV. , There's all kinds of articles you can look at to find what else you could do!
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