What is a good bedtime for children 6-9 years old?

Answer 1

Our daughter has been going to bed at 7 during the school year and she gets to stay up until 10 on the weekends. Summer vacations she goes to bed around 10:30 to 11:00. This has been working out great we are on our third year of this. She is 7 in the second grade.

Answer 2

I have a 7, 9, & 11 year old. Their bedtime is 9pm on school nights. When there is no school they can stay up as late as they want. It works out great for us, I have very little trouble with my children as far as waking up in the morning and they have excellent grades in school. Bedtime really depends on each child or household. Some children require more sleep, but honestly the more sleep they get, the more sleep they want. Too much sleep can be an issue as well. I don't care what any doctor says. There may be nights when they go to bed earlier, if they are tired they go to bed. You be the judge of your child, test a couple different times out and see which works best for you and your child/children.

Answer 3

I think that around 8:30 you could start the bedtime routing with a story and tucking in around 9. A routine is very important and the story time gives you some quiet bonding time.

Answer 4

during 8-9

Answer 5

My son is 7. His bedtime is between 8-9. Depending on what is going on that evening.

Answer 6

I get my 7 and 9 year old in bed between 8 and 9.

Answer 7

Hmmm, experts don't comprehend MY childrens. My youngest daughter, 9, can not sleep till 11 pm. She would not, 9:30-10 pm is her bedtime. yet, my oldest daughter, at age 9, necessary to be in mattress with the help of 9 pm. My on my own time with my husband has not something to do with while my childrens pass to mattress. I also have a mattress room of my own. My husband and that i've got different physique clocks and schedules. i'm a evening owl, and paintings till 11 pm numerous the time. yet I do arise at 6 am to get him and the babies off to college.

Answer 8

During the summer, My daughter (age 8) gets to stay up until 10 if shes not super tired. During the school year she can stay up until 9.

My son is 6 and he goes to bed at 8 all year round.

Answer 9

My 6 year old has to be in bed on school nights at 9:30. I found with him that if I made it earlier, he was up at 5:30. So now he gets up on his own before I need to wake him for school. I know he is getting plenty of sleep.

Answer 10

I would say it depends on when they kids wake up in the morning. My daughter is 16 now and I still request that she get a good night of sleep. She gets up at 5:30 am to make herself beautiful so I encourage her to get to bed by 9ish...which means she's asleep by 10 usually.

When she was 6-9 I put her to bed by about 8:30 and she slept until school time which was about 7.

I really do think kids that age need at least 10 hours of sleep a night.

If you are consistant about them getting good sleep regularly, it will become a habit and as they get older they will be less likely to cheat themselves out of precious sleep.

Studies have also shown that kids who get good sleep are less likely to be overweight.

One key to getting my daughter to not fight a bedtime is not to turn the TV on each night. There are certain shows we all like but we're not sitting in front of the TV from 6pm until bed. Some nights it doesn't get turned on at all.

TV sucks you in and kids too...makes you ignore other activities and makes you lie there not using your brain, not moving and not going to bed when it's time.