How late will you let your child stay up on Superbowl?
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Anonymous
Can you please explain the "ugh"? Kickoff is at 6:30, so barring overtime the game will be over by 10. That's only an hour past my 11-year-old's bedtime. |
Anonymous
Right? Who gives a crap about a football game and why are parents allowing it to disrupt routine? |
Anonymous
Another who don't care. Superbowl is competely irrelevant to our lives also. Also despise that sleezy football athlete culture. |
Anonymous
| 2nd grader will watch till the end or till he's tired. We watch every sunday together so it's a big deal for him. My 4 yo will probably go to bed at her regular time, 7:30. |
Anonymous
| Some people seem a little too rigid. I still very fondly remember being allowed to stay up to watch the end of the games with my dad when my favorite team was in the World Series. Because both being up past 9pm and watching TV on a weeknight were usually no-nos, but every now and then the rules were bent as a special treat. Nobody ever died or failed to gain a college acceptance from being a little tired at school one day. |
Anonymous
| Usual time, 6.5, not into sports. I tried talking to him about the super bowl and he thought it had something to do with going bowling. |
Anonymous
| My son (1st grade) will probably only want to watch a bit of it - he's not a huge sports guy. However, I find it hard to relate to the posts that are super concerned with kids going to bed at 10:30 on a school night. That's about an hour and a half later than my kid usually falls asleep, but it would not disrupt his day at school. He was up that late a few Sundays ago for my dad's 70th birthday party, and it had no effect on him whatsoever. |
Anonymous
Sure. Sports are pointless, mindless, and (not exclusively) in football's case, dangerous. I wish parents would emphasize academics as a priority instead of sports. Does your child ever stay up an hour past bedtime reading? That is much more enriching than watching grown men fight over a ball, every time. |
Anonymous
Leave it those snooty lacrosse loving coddled mommies to make sure their kids don't have any fun. It is one night and it is fun. You don't ruin a "routine" letting a child stay up one hour past their bedtime. Calm the F down. We have a Superbowl party every year with kid games beforehand, good food/drink, family and friends. We also have contests that keep the kids watching the entire time. When I moved here about 7yrs ago the first thing I realized is that moms around here do not like any sports that will not get their child a D1 scholarship and bragging rights. They just live for their kids. No fun at all. Maybe a few xanax and some wine to get to bed and that is about it. Fortunately everywhere else in America, people (gasp, even Moms) enjoy football. |
Anonymous
Yup my child stays up an hour late reading a good chapter book many times. Also on holidays, when family is in town, when he is sick and can't fall alseep, when we go to an event that gets us home later, and yes even for sporting events in person and on TV. Shockingly, he is still alive. |
Anonymous
"Alive" isn't in question. "Educated" is, and from your post, it doesn't seem like you will be able to help him with what he lacks. |
Anonymous
| 6 year old DS is more excited about the kitten and puppy bowls! I get the comments about football culture and concussions, and would never want DS to play football. This is in effect though a major American holiday and there is no reason not to let kids have a little fun. Half time for littles and the whole game for older kids doesn't sound unreasonable. |
Anonymous
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My kids usually go to bed at 8, I'll probably let them stay up till 8:30-45 at the most? Only because they are terrors the next day when they don't get enough sleep, and they don't ever sleep in. I'll let them stay up in the summer for the 4th of July if it's on a weekday because they don't have school the next day, or at the beach, but not on a normal school night. If they loved football then I would reconsider, but they don't.
To the others--it doesn't matter what you do, every family is different. But if your kid is "off" the next couple of days after you keep them up, more angry or defiant or weepy--don't be shocked or punish them...they're probably just a little tired. My friends who let their kids stay up late often complain about behavior the next day and don't admit that it's related. That's what annoys me, not the time you keep the kid up, but the refusal to believe that their behavior is affected. |
Anonymous
| My kid (2nd grade/8 YO) will stay up until the end. He normally goes to bed at 9:30 so 10:30 is no big deal for our family. |
Anonymous
| I would let them watch it if they cared, but none of us do. Personally I find the game silly and unwatchable. The way they stop and start the whole time is pathetic. Real men don't require body armor and helmets to play a sport. |