Teens getting a good amount of sleep

[Anonymous]

Starting homework at 8 pm is the issue. You need to have your child cut back on activities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Starting homework at 8 pm is the issue. You need to have your child cut back on activities.

Nope

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would re-evaluate all my life choices if my kid had 4-5 hours of homework every single night that he or she could not start until 8pm and was getting 6 hours of sleep a night.

Seriously bad parenting.

Agree. And let’s be real here. Even with AP’s and magnets and activities or sports, there is time. Many instructors give 10-15min to start HW in school. There is lunch to get extra help, many kids in activities outside of school take a free period to do work.

If they are utilizing time in school, there is less work at home. If they want to de-stress and socialize during free time that’s great too. But buckle down when you get home.

And if your child is utilizing all their time, not using their phone (do you check their app times and phone times nightly?) and is still working until 1am - they are in over their head and YOU as a parent need to step in and say this is too much. Let’s scale back. To think some of you think 4-5 hours of homework and 5-6 hours of sleep each night is a good thing. Ick. Do better

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Starting homework at 8 pm is the issue. You need to have your child cut back on activities.

Nope

The race to nowhere

Oh wait, I mean the race to exhaustion, anxiety, depression, and self doubt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mine sleep from about 10-7 (are in their rooms without electronics etc and presumed to be sleeping). Our normal HS start time is 8:30. They also have two late start days per week (start time 9:30) so on those days they usually sleep late - wake up around 8.

I can’t imagine how it would be with earlier start times however. Middle school was bad enough (7:30 start, for us).

Same.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would re-evaluate all my life choices if my kid had 4-5 hours of homework every single night that he or she could not start until 8pm and was getting 6 hours of sleep a night.

Seriously bad parenting.

+1

What kind of life is that for a kid? Seriously?

8-3 is school, 3-7 is passion and commitment, 7-8 is commute.

Anybody that thinks passion and commitment is a bad thing…. That’s bad parenting.

8-11 homework is fine.

4-5 hours is too much and the kids won’t even get into the college they think they are targeting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:830-9pm, gets up at 530am

Yikes!’ 5:30?? What time does school start?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Starting homework at 8 pm is the issue. You need to have your child cut back on activities.

Nope

The race to nowhere

Oh wait, I mean the race to exhaustion, anxiety, depression, and self doubt.

Having a passion for something after school is not a race to nowhere.

4-5 hours of homework is though.

[Anonymous]

9:30/10pm-6:30am are normal sleeping hours around here.

Homework happens sometime between 6-9pm, during the school day, and on weekends. 4-5 hours per night is ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How are they getting their hw done??? My 11th grader sits down around 8:00…post sports practice, shower, dinner and is rarely done before midnight or even 1:00-1:30

No phone etc

If they are taking that long, they are either in classes way beyond their knowledge or they are socializing online while doing homework

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My junior son is taking AP Calc BC, AP Lang, AP Physics, APUSH, Spanish 4, CS Data Structures, and AP Psych. He plays varsity and club sports and is involved in several other ECs. He uses his time efficiently in class and during the free block every other day. He has 7 or 8 hours after school with which to study, do HW, play sports, go to clubs, eat dinner, etc. It seems to be enough time when coupled with various hours on the weekend and days off.

I would encourage all parents to check the digital well-being or time app on their kids' phones to see how much time is being wasted there.

Where does he go to school? That’s the key question. Not what classes he is taking but is it a hard core homework school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would re-evaluate all my life choices if my kid had 4-5 hours of homework every single night that he or she could not start until 8pm and was getting 6 hours of sleep a night.

Seriously bad parenting.

+1

What kind of life is that for a kid? Seriously?

8-3 is school, 3-7 is passion and commitment, 7-8 is commute.

Anybody that thinks passion and commitment is a bad thing…. That’s bad parenting.

8-11 homework is fine.

4-5 hours is too much and the kids won’t even get into the college they think they are targeting.

When are they eating or having any down time in this schedule???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would re-evaluate all my life choices if my kid had 4-5 hours of homework every single night that he or she could not start until 8pm and was getting 6 hours of sleep a night.

Seriously bad parenting.

+1

What kind of life is that for a kid? Seriously?

8-3 is school, 3-7 is passion and commitment, 7-8 is commute.

Anybody that thinks passion and commitment is a bad thing…. That’s bad parenting.

8-11 homework is fine.

4-5 hours is too much and the kids won’t even get into the college they think they are targeting.

4 hours a day for passion so that school works starts at 8pm and you sleep 5-6 hours.

You trippin

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How are they getting their hw done??? My 11th grader sits down around 8:00…post sports practice, shower, dinner and is rarely done before midnight or even 1:00-1:30

No phone etc

If they are taking that long, they are either in classes way beyond their knowledge or they are socializing online while doing homework

+1
My junior son is taking AP Calc BC, AP Lang, AP Physics, APUSH, Spanish 4, CS Data Structures, and AP Psych. He plays varsity and club sports and is involved in several other ECs. He uses his time efficiently in class and during the free block every other day. He has 7 or 8 hours after school with which to study, do HW, play sports, go to clubs, eat dinner, etc. It seems to be enough time when coupled with various hours on the weekend and days off.

I would encourage all parents to check the digital well-being or time app on their kids' phones to see how much time is being wasted there.

Where does he go to school? That’s the key question. Not what classes he is taking but is it a hard core homework school?

Not that PP, but AP curriculum should be consistent. More isn’t always better. I talked to plenty of people with kids at TJ who described 4-5 hours of homework a night. No thanks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would re-evaluate all my life choices if my kid had 4-5 hours of homework every single night that he or she could not start until 8pm and was getting 6 hours of sleep a night.

Seriously bad parenting.

+1

What kind of life is that for a kid? Seriously?

8-3 is school, 3-7 is passion and commitment, 7-8 is commute.

Anybody that thinks passion and commitment is a bad thing…. That’s bad parenting.

8-11 homework is fine.

4-5 hours is too much and the kids won’t even get into the college they think they are targeting.

When are they eating or having any down time in this schedule???

Breakfast before school, lunch at school, after school his school has snack bar they have a chicken sandwich/hamburger/etc.

I have dinner ready when they get home and we sit for 1/2 hour.

Downtime … before practice, weekends.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How are they getting their hw done??? My 11th grader sits down around 8:00…post sports practice, shower, dinner and is rarely done before midnight or even 1:00-1:30

No phone etc

If they are taking that long, they are either in classes way beyond their knowledge or they are socializing online while doing homework

+1
My junior son is taking AP Calc BC, AP Lang, AP Physics, APUSH, Spanish 4, CS Data Structures, and AP Psych. He plays varsity and club sports and is involved in several other ECs. He uses his time efficiently in class and during the free block every other day. He has 7 or 8 hours after school with which to study, do HW, play sports, go to clubs, eat dinner, etc. It seems to be enough time when coupled with various hours on the weekend and days off.

I would encourage all parents to check the digital well-being or time app on their kids' phones to see how much time is being wasted there.

Where does he go to school? That’s the key question. Not what classes he is taking but is it a hard core homework school?

PP here. He goes to a high performing FCPS high school. But as another poster mentioned, the AP curriculum is pretty standard. If your kid has to spend 4 to 5 hours on homework every night, then they are either wasting time on their devices or in over their head.