my 14 year old slept until 3:30pm today!

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Anonymous wrote:Why did you allow a sick teen to stay up until 12:30?

Have you never been a teen or do you not have teens?

They biologically can't fall asleep really early. They are also developing/growing a lot and need as much sleep as a newborn.

I do have a teen and that’s just not true. My teen (almost 15) goes to bed around 10 pm normally. We wouldn’t allow him to stay up past midnight unless it was like New Years or something. A sick kid? He’d be going to bed earlier. Absolutely not going to stay up past midnight. Parenting fail.

Agree.

I assume PP’s kids don’t play on any organized sports teams or extracurriculars either if staying up all night and sleeping in is their routine.

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Anonymous wrote:That is a normal weekend for my 15yo

Really? Is he up playing video games all nights?

I could see on a rare occasion if sick, but sleeping until 3:30pm on a regular basis, is not normal

Yes he often does play games late. OK 3:30 PM would be extreme. But regularly after 12.

I’m going to be blunt. This is total loser behavior.

For a 15yo to sleep past 12 on weekends? Nope. And he is definitely not a loser.

Playing video games late and sleeping past 12 is not exactly signs of someone living their best life.

If he doesn’t do anything with his time, have him get a job.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why did you allow a sick teen to stay up until 12:30?

Have you never been a teen or do you not have teens?

They biologically can't fall asleep really early. They are also developing/growing a lot and need as much sleep as a newborn.

I do have a teen and that’s just not true. My teen (almost 15) goes to bed around 10 pm normally. We wouldn’t allow him to stay up past midnight unless it was like New Years or something. A sick kid? He’d be going to bed earlier. Absolutely not going to stay up past midnight. Parenting fail.

Agree.

I assume PP’s kids don’t play on any organized sports teams or extracurriculars either if staying up all night and sleeping in is their routine.

Also agree. Before I had teens, i definitely bought into what that PP said. Now that I have a couple and listen to many more talk, I think there are so many more factors than biology.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why did you allow a sick teen to stay up until 12:30?

Have you never been a teen or do you not have teens?

They biologically can't fall asleep really early. They are also developing/growing a lot and need as much sleep as a newborn.

I do have a teen and that’s just not true. My teen (almost 15) goes to bed around 10 pm normally. We wouldn’t allow him to stay up past midnight unless it was like New Years or something. A sick kid? He’d be going to bed earlier. Absolutely not going to stay up past midnight. Parenting fail.

That is nuts.

DP, My guess is that you have terrible sleep habits in your house.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why did you allow a sick teen to stay up until 12:30?

Have you never been a teen or do you not have teens?

They biologically can't fall asleep really early. They are also developing/growing a lot and need as much sleep as a newborn.

I do have a teen and that’s just not true. My teen (almost 15) goes to bed around 10 pm normally. We wouldn’t allow him to stay up past midnight unless it was like New Years or something. A sick kid? He’d be going to bed earlier. Absolutely not going to stay up past midnight. Parenting fail.

Agree.

I assume PP’s kids don’t play on any organized sports teams or extracurriculars either if staying up all night and sleeping in is their routine.

Also agree. Before I had teens, i definitely bought into what that PP said. Now that I have a couple and listen to many more talk, I think there are so many more factors than biology.

+1. My HS Junior takes a rigorous course load, is on a competitive dance team, and has a PT job, all her choice. On the rare occasion she even has the option to sleep in, she sleeps until 10:30 or 11am. It would be hard for her to sleep much later because she knows she needs to more or less stick to her schedule. We are very fortunate that HS by us doesn’t start until 9:30 so she is not chronically tired. Although many clubs and things will meet before school, usually 8:30.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why did you allow a sick teen to stay up until 12:30?

Have you never been a teen or do you not have teens?

They biologically can't fall asleep really early. They are also developing/growing a lot and need as much sleep as a newborn.

I do have a teen and that’s just not true. My teen (almost 15) goes to bed around 10 pm normally. We wouldn’t allow him to stay up past midnight unless it was like New Years or something. A sick kid? He’d be going to bed earlier. Absolutely not going to stay up past midnight. Parenting fail.

That is nuts.

Not a parenting fail. Sleep hygiene is essential to good health. Mine are in bed by 10 and up by 7. Every day. If sick, they move to couch and stay awake. Rarely sick.

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The way my teen slept was the way I wished she had slept as a baby.

[Anonymous]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2820578/

Seriously, folks. Read the research.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2820578/

Seriously, folks. Read the research.

You think this research means teens can’t biologically sleep by 10 pm? I don’t think you are interpreting the results correctly.

[Anonymous]

Guys, don’t feed the troll. What tipped me off is when I said my kid rarely stays up past midnight and she responded “that is nuts.”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why did you allow a sick teen to stay up until 12:30?

Have you never been a teen or do you not have teens?

They biologically can't fall asleep really early. They are also developing/growing a lot and need as much sleep as a newborn.

I do have a teen and that’s just not true. My teen (almost 15) goes to bed around 10 pm normally. We wouldn’t allow him to stay up past midnight unless it was like New Years or something. A sick kid? He’d be going to bed earlier. Absolutely not going to stay up past midnight. Parenting fail.

Agree.

I assume PP’s kids don’t play on any organized sports teams or extracurriculars either if staying up all night and sleeping in is their routine.

Also agree. Before I had teens, i definitely bought into what that PP said. Now that I have a couple and listen to many more talk, I think there are so many more factors than biology.

+1. My HS Junior takes a rigorous course load, is on a competitive dance team, and has a PT job, all her choice. On the rare occasion she even has the option to sleep in, she sleeps until 10:30 or 11am. It would be hard for her to sleep much later because she knows she needs to more or less stick to her schedule. We are very fortunate that HS by us doesn’t start until 9:30 so she is not chronically tired. Although many clubs and things will meet before school, usually 8:30.

+1. DS, 15, plays sports year round. He goes to bed at 10 weeknights, 11 weekends. Wakes up 6:45 during the week. He sleeps in until 9 or so on weekends. We wake him up if he’s not up at 9:30. The few times we let him sleep later than that, he then had trouble falling asleep until very late that night. So, I can see how that could become a habit, and then it feels like teens can’t sleep until late.

It started as a bedtime, but now he prefers this schedule.