what time are your elementary school kids going to bed tonight?

[Anonymous]

Trying to get a sense for whats the norm these days, I have a 5th grader and a 2nd grader - what is acceptable time to head to bed? thank you.

[Anonymous]

What time do you expect your child to wake?

Bedtime is only half the equation.

[Anonymous]

OP here,

Apologies - my kids will wake around 7:30 am, need be out the door by 8:30.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What time do you expect your child to wake?

Bedtime is only half the equation.

+ 1

Pre-sleep rituals are also important.

[Anonymous]

7? 8?

[Anonymous]

The prep starts 12 hours before they step out of the house.
So, if they have to leave home at 7 am -- dinner is at 6 pm, shower + brushing is over by 8 pm, then they are in the bed reading till 9 pm, lights off at 9 pm. Wake up at 6 am, step out of the home by 7 am.

[Anonymous]

My 3rd, 5th, 6th graders will be in bed around 8. 6th grader can read until 845 and lights out by 9.

[Anonymous]

OP here,

thank you all.

[Anonymous]

5th grader around 9pm. It was closer to 7pm in 2nd grade though. Bedtime doesn't really change for us in the summer because they dont wake up any later than the school year. In fact some weeks depending on where camp is they wake up earlier in the summer.

[Anonymous]

My 3rd and 5th grader will go to bed around 9.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:5th grader around 9pm. It was closer to 7pm in 2nd grade though. Bedtime doesn't really change for us in the summer because they dont wake up any later than the school year. In fact some weeks depending on where camp is they wake up earlier in the summer.

7pm bedtime for a 2nd grader in the summer??? It's still bright and sunny out! Is your kid doing camp at a dairy farm?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What time do you expect your child to wake?

Bedtime is only half the equation.

+ 1

Pre-sleep rituals are also important.

Yes and no. People can get too reliant on a very specific and consistent routine, and the kids turns into a disaster when everything isn't perfectly in place. Gotta instill some resilience in kids too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:5th grader around 9pm. It was closer to 7pm in 2nd grade though. Bedtime doesn't really change for us in the summer because they dont wake up any later than the school year. In fact some weeks depending on where camp is they wake up earlier in the summer.

7pm bedtime for a 2nd grader in the summer??? It's still bright and sunny out! Is your kid doing camp at a dairy farm?

My kids also kept 7pm bedtime in summer at that age. If we were on vacation we’d let it slide a lot later but we would leave for camps at 7:30 same as we would for school. They spent most weeks at an outdoor camp until 4:30 or so

[Anonymous]

9:30 for my 3rd and 5th graders. Our school doesn’t start until 9:20 though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:5th grader around 9pm. It was closer to 7pm in 2nd grade though. Bedtime doesn't really change for us in the summer because they dont wake up any later than the school year. In fact some weeks depending on where camp is they wake up earlier in the summer.

7pm bedtime for a 2nd grader in the summer??? It's still bright and sunny out! Is your kid doing camp at a dairy farm?

lol I was wondering the same thing. Mine have been outside until after 8pm the whole summer. The evenings are the nicest part of summer - too sunny and humid to be outside playing during the day!