There seems to be a large contingent of people who believe that letting children stay up late is baadddd. Obviously if they're in school a reason for bedtime is that they need to be in bed at a certain time in order to get enough rest to function the next day, but when they're not, what's wrong with not setting one?
2006-08-01 22:23:26 · 6 answers · asked by FucAlloYu 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
When she was a baby I kept her up 'til midnight if I could so she'd sleep in and let me sleep too. When school started for her though, it was 8 pm but 10 in the summer. She is 15 now and doesn't have a bedtime. I might tell her it's bedtime and send her to her room (so I can have the computer back) but she still can read or watch tv.
2006-08-05 11:20:40 · answer #1 · answered by Dellajoy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't set a time, but I do set a time frame, but sometimes the frame extends to an hour or two. I think of it this way; I don't go to bed when I'm not tired so why should they? I should point out I'm talking about a 3+ year old not an infant.
kids nap and sometimes they nap longer than others so bed times will vary.
This style is very easy to criticize, and it will be if you adopt it.
The bottom line is you know your children better than everyone and every child is different, and..... no one system will work for every child.
2006-08-02 02:50:24 · answer #2 · answered by Franklin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On weekends I have to be in bed before one, and on school nights I have to be in bed by 9:30pm. My father isn't strict, but I always feel fatigued - not tired, fatigued - totally exhausted. I don't know why, it's a health problem I've got at the moment, so for me, I shouldn't stay up late, at least not at the moment. I think it depends on how old the kid is. Teens (esp. girls) need nine hours a night to feel really refreshed, though I can survive on a school day on five hours of sleep, with sport at six pm that night. I used to go to bed at 7:30 up until I was about eight, then I'd go to bed at eight... then when I was 9-10 I'd go to bed at 8:30, then 11-13 at nine pm, then 13 - now (age fourteen) anywhere between nine and ten pm on a school night.
It's up to you, I guess.
2006-08-01 22:42:52 · answer #3 · answered by Astrid 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably, nothing.
Everybody should follow her/his nature. If the kids have a good-healthy diet and in general they are healthy, their body will tell them when it is the bedtime.Unless if there is something against their nature, such as getting up early for school or....which they have to arrange an appropriate time in order to function properly for the next day.
2006-08-01 22:44:53 · answer #4 · answered by NickName 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my 3 year old stays up with me i have always worked late evening shifts she goes to bed about 12 pm and gets up about 10 but i can't work late and get up at 6 am i don't have to tell her to go to bed she goes when i do
2006-08-04 08:43:09 · answer #5 · answered by sweat31516 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my 3yr old goes to bed at 7.45pm l read a book to him so he can unwind. my 10yr old goes to bed at 8.20, if she wishes to read a book and 8.40 if she dosen't, and my 13 yr old goes to bed at 9.10pm if she wishes to read a book and 9.30 if she dosen't.I myself believe that childern need a set time to go to bed as 1. they need a good night sleep2.They know their rountine3.so you can spend some time with your husband, or read a book.Weekends they don't really have a routine, but l find that they will naturally go to bed themselves(if they have no friends staying)around the same time as they would during the week.
2006-08-02 00:40:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋