Sleeping in/late

[Anonymous]

We don't regulate wake up times, but we do regulate go-to-bed times. It's age dependent, but for younger teens, roughly for weekdays: No electronics after 9 PM. In your bedroom (no TV, computer, or phones in their rooms) by 10. They can stay up and read quietly if they'd like but they usually fall asleep fast.

Weekends - no computers/phones after 10 (we do allow TV on weekends after 10, for movies and such), in your bedroom by 11:30.

Curfew for all ages at our house is midnight unless they've gotten a special exception.

We want our kids to have healthy sleep habits and routines, not get into the "up until 3 AM" routine.

[Anonymous]

We want our kids to have healthy sleep habits and routines, not get into the "up until 3 AM" routine.

Same here. Except on rare occasions, our kids aren't allowed screen time within 1 hour of bed time (oldest is in 8th grade) and we don't usually let them sleep one hour past their normal wake up time. We have a small house so it's not usually an issue. Once the younger kids are up (they tend to get up the same time every day as do DH and I), the noise level rises.

Two of my kids have ADHD as does my DH. I've seen the effects of poor 'sleep hygiene' and are working to instill the habits/knowledge in my kids (ADHD or not) that my DH lacked. I grew up on a farm so there was never any sleeping in. Not trying to lay my upbringing on my kids but it instilled some good habits that I continue to benefit from.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you don't need your child to wake up at a set time, how late do you allow them to sleep in. Would it depend on what time they went to bed?

I let them respect their body and sleep as long as they wish, unless there's a real and pressing reason.

I'm not a morning person myself, so I can totally relate to not wanting to get up early. For some people it's torture. We tend to schedule things as late as possible in the morning for this reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you don't need your child to wake up at a set time, how late do you allow them to sleep in. Would it depend on what time they went to bed?

I let them respect their body and sleep as long as they wish, unless there's a real and pressing reason.

I'm not a morning person myself, so I can totally relate to not wanting to get up early. For some people it's torture. We tend to schedule things as late as possible in the morning for this reason.

For us, it's not an issue of being a morning person, it's about developing and maintaining a healthy routine. We keep regular hours. We'll sometimes sleep in when we've an a big event the night before just like we sometimes have a lot of sweets/junk food. It's the exception, not the rule.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you don't need your child to wake up at a set time, how late do you allow them to sleep in. Would it depend on what time they went to bed?

I let them respect their body and sleep as long as they wish, unless there's a real and pressing reason.

I'm not a morning person myself, so I can totally relate to not wanting to get up early. For some people it's torture. We tend to schedule things as late as possible in the morning for this reason.

For us, it's not an issue of being a morning person, it's about developing and maintaining a healthy routine. We keep regular hours. We'll sometimes sleep in when we've an a big event the night before just like we sometimes have a lot of sweets/junk food. It's the exception, not the rule.

Poster you're quoting.

It is very much a question of not being morning people. No matter how early I go to bed, I still toss and turn till my body feels it's time to go to sleep. And if I have to get up late the next morning, it's very hard on me. Same for my kids. I don't see anything healthy in disrespecting our bodies' rhythms for the sake of a "healthy" routine.

Anyway, whatever floats your boat. You don't have to live my life, I don't have to live yours, and I'm very glad of the latter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you don't need your child to wake up at a set time, how late do you allow them to sleep in. Would it depend on what time they went to bed?

I let them respect their body and sleep as long as they wish, unless there's a real and pressing reason.

I'm not a morning person myself, so I can totally relate to not wanting to get up early. For some people it's torture. We tend to schedule things as late as possible in the morning for this reason.

For us, it's not an issue of being a morning person, it's about developing and maintaining a healthy routine. We keep regular hours. We'll sometimes sleep in when we've an a big event the night before just like we sometimes have a lot of sweets/junk food. It's the exception, not the rule.

Poster you're quoting.

It is very much a question of not being morning people. No matter how early I go to bed, I still toss and turn till my body feels it's time to go to sleep. And if I have to get up late the next morning, it's very hard on me. Same for my kids. I don't see anything healthy in disrespecting our bodies' rhythms for the sake of a "healthy" routine.

Anyway, whatever floats your boat. You don't have to live my life, I don't have to live yours, and I'm very glad of the latter.

*early, not late, obviously. Sorry for the mistake.

[Anonymous]

It is very much a question of not being morning people. No matter how early I go to bed, I still toss and turn till my body feels it's time to go to sleep. And if I have to get up late the next morning, it's very hard on me. Same for my kids. I don't see anything healthy in disrespecting our bodies' rhythms for the sake of a "healthy" routine.

Anyway, whatever floats your boat. You don't have to live my life, I don't have to live yours, and I'm very glad of the latter.

You seem not to understand the difference between habit/routine and 'sleeping in/late'. You can get up late in the morning and still have a regular sleep routine. If you get sufficient sleep, it's not normal to sleep more than an hour past your regular wake time. Sleeping longer than an hour past your regular wake time is 'sleeping in/late'. If your routine is to go to bed late iate and wake up late in the morning, you are not 'sleeping in/late'. You are a night owl rather an an early bird.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you don't need your child to wake up at a set time, how late do you allow them to sleep in. Would it depend on what time they went to bed?

I let them respect their body and sleep as long as they wish, unless there's a real and pressing reason.

I'm not a morning person myself, so I can totally relate to not wanting to get up early. For some people it's torture. We tend to schedule things as late as possible in the morning for this reason.

Agree 100%. Kind of taken aback by the poster who keeps insisting her way of doing things (i.e. making her kids wake up at a set time, even on the weekends) is the only "healthy" way. I would never wake up my tired kids on a weekend unless there was something we had to do. They deserve to sleep as long as they want after long hours during the school week. Frankly, I feel that's the healthy approach. Kids/teens need to sleep.