Do Your Teenage Boys Still Wear Pajamas?

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Our 15yo DS puts on pjs before bed and again when he gets up in the morning before he showers, but sleeps in just a pair of underwear. It’s been that way pretty much since he was dry at night.

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DS 14 and 12 normally wear comfy clothes for lounging in the evening and on weekends (gym shorts, PJ pants, joggers, t-shirts, hoodies). Specifically what and how much depends on the season. They just wear boxers/underwear to bed though, or at least that’s what they’ve done since they were little. I have no idea what they do or don’t wear to sleep now and honestly I don’t care. It’s much more important to me that they get enough sleep and aren’t staying up all night playing video games or scrolling on their phones.

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Anonymous wrote:PJ pants for teens are more for loungewear for than sleeping. My 15 year old wears them around on days when he does not go out, and will even wear them to school. PJ pants are one of the most popular items in my son's HS spirit wear store. Kid wear them all the time.

The only time he wears PJs to bed is at camp or at a sleep over. At home he sleeps in his underwear.

Wearing PJs outside the house just seems so strange to me.

Yes a classroom e.g. should not look like a dorm .

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Anonymous wrote:DS 14 and 12 normally wear comfy clothes for lounging in the evening and on weekends (gym shorts, PJ pants, joggers, t-shirts, hoodies). Specifically what and how much depends on the season. They just wear boxers/underwear to bed though, or at least that’s what they’ve done since they were little. I have no idea what they do or don’t wear to sleep now and honestly I don’t care. It’s much more important to me that they get enough sleep and aren’t staying up all night playing video games or scrolling on their phones.

Totally agree with you and it's the same with my sons (13 and 15). And I would not allow them to wear PJs outside the house.

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Anonymous wrote:What about christmas pajamas? Do you buy those for your sons either to lounge or to sleep in?

I never really understood the hole matching christmas PJ thing. It just seems so silly and unnecessary.

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Anonymous wrote:Well after reading all of the previous responses, this is what I have to say. My DS sleeps in the nude as well. At first, I wasen't too happy about it. But the more that I started talking to him and asking him questions the more I realized that he enjoys the feel of the sheets and he doesnt feel "wound up" which means he feels free and doesnt want to wear clothes at all hours. And as soon as I figured out that he wasnt hurting himself or any one else. I just gave him space. He is doing fine and actually doing better in school. I gave him stipulations to sleeping nude as well. they are 1) You must be covered when someone walks in the room. 2) you dont come out of your room unless you are dressed!! And he is fine with that.

That very much resembles my experience with my DS (13). I "caught" him sleeping nude a few times (not that I saw him naked but I could see his boxers on floor beside the bed) and I told him I didn't like it, and he should wear something. At some point we had a discussion about it, and he told me that he really hated wearing anything in bed and just slept so much better completely naked. I said OK you can sleep in the nude, but you have get up by your self and put something on if you have to leave your room during the night or in the morning. He was OK with that and there have been no problems since, and he really is a much more well rested and happy boy now.

This. It’s actually useful for teaching various life skills. Want to sleep like an adult? Ok, then get yourself up like an adult, too. And of course there’s the unspoken reality that being completely naked in bed at that age = heightened sexual stimulation, so it’s also a good opportunity to make him start doing his own sheets to avoid any awkwardness for either of you.

I very much agree with you. + It's good to communicate with your kids an reach agreements you are both happy with.

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Anonymous wrote:PJ pants for teens are more for loungewear for than sleeping. My 15 year old wears them around on days when he does not go out, and will even wear them to school. PJ pants are one of the most popular items in my son's HS spirit wear store. Kid wear them all the time.

The only time he wears PJs to bed is at camp or at a sleep over. At home he sleeps in his underwear.

Wearing PJs outside the house just seems so strange to me.

Yes a classroom e.g. should not look like a dorm .

Ha, ha, that's quite funny but yes you are so right!

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Anonymous wrote:PJ pants for teens are more for loungewear for than sleeping. My 15 year old wears them around on days when he does not go out, and will even wear them to school. PJ pants are one of the most popular items in my son's HS spirit wear store. Kid wear them all the time.

The only time he wears PJs to bed is at camp or at a sleep over. At home he sleeps in his underwear.

Wearing PJs outside the house just seems so strange to me.

Yes a classroom e.g. should not look like a dorm .

Ha, ha, that's quite funny but yes you are so right!

Retailers market them as "loungewear" now to try to encourage (???) this

[Anonymous]

Weird question to ask anyone but your own son.
Mine does with a tee shirt, others might not, are you doing to outsource what to feed him as his favorite food next?
Communication with your own child will solve a lot of problems and answer many questions.

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Anonymous wrote:OMG ask you kid. I’m sure he can figure out what to wear to bed—he’s going to be in high school.

Yes but do you think it's common for boys in high school to sleep in the nude?

I don't think it is common at all for high school boys to sleep in nothing but their birthday suit.

Boxers/shorts with a t-shirt or no shirt is how the vast majority of teenage boys sleep.

Yes but perhaps not as uncommon as you might think either and I definitely don't think many sleep in actual pajamas either.

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Anonymous wrote:PJ pants for teens are more for loungewear for than sleeping. My 15 year old wears them around on days when he does not go out, and will even wear them to school. PJ pants are one of the most popular items in my son's HS spirit wear store. Kid wear them all the time.

The only time he wears PJs to bed is at camp or at a sleep over. At home he sleeps in his underwear.

Wearing PJs outside the house just seems so strange to me.

Yes a classroom e.g. should not look like a dorm .

Ha, ha, that's quite funny but yes you are so right!

Retailers market them as "loungewear" now to try to encourage (???) this

Not as many people wear formal sleepwear as once was the case, so naturally companies who sell it will rebrand it for a slightly different use (i.e. relaxation instead of slumber) in order to remain relevant. It’s just a good marketing tactic. I don’t agree with wearing pjs in public, but to relax in one’s home, why not.

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Anonymous wrote:PJ pants for teens are more for loungewear for than sleeping. My 15 year old wears them around on days when he does not go out, and will even wear them to school. PJ pants are one of the most popular items in my son's HS spirit wear store. Kid wear them all the time.

The only time he wears PJs to bed is at camp or at a sleep over. At home he sleeps in his underwear.

Wearing PJs outside the house just seems so strange to me.

Yes a classroom e.g. should not look like a dorm .

Ha, ha, that's quite funny but yes you are so right!

Retailers market them as "loungewear" now to try to encourage (???) this

Not as many people wear formal sleepwear as once was the case, so naturally companies who sell it will rebrand it for a slightly different use (i.e. relaxation instead of slumber) in order to remain relevant. It’s just a good marketing tactic. I don’t agree with wearing pjs in public, but to relax in one’s home, why not.

+ It seems like there is a much bigger selection in lounge-/nightwear - call it what you want - for girls than for boys.

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Anonymous wrote:PJ pants for teens are more for loungewear for than sleeping. My 15 year old wears them around on days when he does not go out, and will even wear them to school. PJ pants are one of the most popular items in my son's HS spirit wear store. Kid wear them all the time.

The only time he wears PJs to bed is at camp or at a sleep over. At home he sleeps in his underwear.

Wearing PJs outside the house just seems so strange to me.

Yes a classroom e.g. should not look like a dorm .

Ha, ha, that's quite funny but yes you are so right!

Retailers market them as "loungewear" now to try to encourage (???) this

Not as many people wear formal sleepwear as once was the case, so naturally companies who sell it will rebrand it for a slightly different use (i.e. relaxation instead of slumber) in order to remain relevant. It’s just a good marketing tactic. I don’t agree with wearing pjs in public, but to relax in one’s home, why not.

+ It seems like there is a much bigger selection in lounge-/nightwear - call it what you want - for girls than for boys.

+1. Probably because girls and women are more likely to take the intermediate step of changing out of day clothes and into loungewear/pjs/whatever between work/school and bedtime, whereas boys and men seem more likely to wear their day clothes all the way through and then just strip down to underwear or nothing at bedtime. That’s our household, anyway.

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Anonymous wrote:PJ pants for teens are more for loungewear for than sleeping. My 15 year old wears them around on days when he does not go out, and will even wear them to school. PJ pants are one of the most popular items in my son's HS spirit wear store. Kid wear them all the time.

The only time he wears PJs to bed is at camp or at a sleep over. At home he sleeps in his underwear.

Wearing PJs outside the house just seems so strange to me.

Yes a classroom e.g. should not look like a dorm .

Ha, ha, that's quite funny but yes you are so right!

Retailers market them as "loungewear" now to try to encourage (???) this

Not as many people wear formal sleepwear as once was the case, so naturally companies who sell it will rebrand it for a slightly different use (i.e. relaxation instead of slumber) in order to remain relevant. It’s just a good marketing tactic. I don’t agree with wearing pjs in public, but to relax in one’s home, why not.

+ It seems like there is a much bigger selection in lounge-/nightwear - call it what you want - for girls than for boys.

+1. Probably because girls and women are more likely to take the intermediate step of changing out of day clothes and into loungewear/pjs/whatever between work/school and bedtime, whereas boys and men seem more likely to wear their day clothes all the way through and then just strip down to underwear or nothing at bedtime. That’s our household, anyway.

But do you girls/women always wear sleepwear or do you sometimes just sleep in underwear? And is it underwear or nude for the boys/men?

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Anonymous wrote:PJ pants for teens are more for loungewear for than sleeping. My 15 year old wears them around on days when he does not go out, and will even wear them to school. PJ pants are one of the most popular items in my son's HS spirit wear store. Kid wear them all the time.

The only time he wears PJs to bed is at camp or at a sleep over. At home he sleeps in his underwear.

Wearing PJs outside the house just seems so strange to me.

Yes a classroom e.g. should not look like a dorm .

Ha, ha, that's quite funny but yes you are so right!

Retailers market them as "loungewear" now to try to encourage (???) this

Not as many people wear formal sleepwear as once was the case, so naturally companies who sell it will rebrand it for a slightly different use (i.e. relaxation instead of slumber) in order to remain relevant. It’s just a good marketing tactic. I don’t agree with wearing pjs in public, but to relax in one’s home, why not.

+ It seems like there is a much bigger selection in lounge-/nightwear - call it what you want - for girls than for boys.

+1. Probably because girls and women are more likely to take the intermediate step of changing out of day clothes and into loungewear/pjs/whatever between work/school and bedtime, whereas boys and men seem more likely to wear their day clothes all the way through and then just strip down to underwear or nothing at bedtime. That’s our household, anyway.

But do you girls/women always wear sleepwear or do you sometimes just sleep in underwear? And is it underwear or nude for the boys/men?

Dad here. My wife sleeps in either a t-shirt and underwear, a t-shirt with no underwear, or nothing at all depending on how cold or warm she feels. Our daughter is 16 and I have no idea what she wears to bed. The last I knew she wore shorts and a tank top, but she started locking her door in the past year so maybe it’s less than that now. Our older son is 11 and the most he ever sleeps in is a pair of underwear. Youngest son is in diapers and footies so the jury’s still out on him 😄. And I always sleep nude.