Reasonable bedtime for 6th grader?

[Anonymous]

The problem is staying up later on the weekend. It makes her body want to stay up later during the week. You can tell when a child gets enough sleep when she wakes up naturally on her own before the alarm goes off.

[Anonymous]

923 here. My 6 th grader sleeps about 10 hours a night.

[Anonymous]

6th graders go to bed at 8:30.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:11pm is too late. yes


My oldest is a night owl. When he was staying up late (in his bed, no electronics), we decided he needed more physical activity in the evenings. That combined with an early morning, made him fall asleep more quickly.

[Anonymous]

9::00 PM

[Anonymous]

9:00 bedtime, sometimes 9:30. Twins. One up at 6 and the other at 6:45. Works for our house!

[Anonymous]

Middle school is when I start letting my kids pick their own bedtime for the most part. Rules are, can't disturb the rest of the house after 8 PM (younger sibling's bedtime), must be awake on time to meet any scheduled commitments the next day (school, whatever we might be doing on the weekend, etc), and grades, behavior & contributions to the household must remain acceptable. If we have to start trying to solve a problem, lack of sleep is going to be one of the first potential things I consider and then they will get a set bedtime, but I figure individual needs vary and my kids are likely to know their needs best so they can do what works for them as long as it is actually working.

I've found that anywhere from 8-10 hours is typical but on nights where anyone gets less than 7 hours they're miserable the next day.

[Anonymous]

My kid sleeps at 4 pm 10 minutes after I pick her up and she never woke up until the following decade!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Anonymous]

My boys 9 & 10 usually fall a sleep by 9ish or so. We don't have screen rules or lights out. They usually turn off the lights by 830 on their own. They share a room and often fall a sleep watching cartoons. Yes they have a tv and no I don't care what you think.

[Anonymous]

I think if they are able to go to bed before 11 and wake up when they are supposed to then let them. But if they go to sleep after 11, then make them a wise time to go to bed for school and this is coming from a 6th grader. Since my dad makes me lay down at 8 and wants me to be asleep at 9, I wake up without an attitude and get straight A's.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our 6th grader claims she cannot fall asleep before 11pm. I feel this is too late, since every morning she struggles to get up at 7:15 and get ready for school. On the weekend, I'm ok with a later bedtime. Do other parents of similarly aged kids enforce an earlier bedtime during the week? And what do you do if your child resists the earlier bedtime? tIA.

so the latest the should stay up is 10:30

[Anonymous]

My 7th grader puts herself to bed, usually between 10 and 10:30. She gets up at 6:15 and generally that seems to be enough sleep for her. Last year she went to bed at the same time and even though she could sleep as late as 8 and still make the bus, she was still usually up by 6:30. I can't imagine trying to get her to bed at 8:30...two nights a week she's not even home from swim practice until 8:45 and then she needs a snack and a shower before she could even think about going to sleep plus since she seems to do well on only 8-8.5 hours of sleep she'd be awake way too early!

[Anonymous]

My child wakes up at 5:35, BUT goes to bed at 8:35 even on the weekends. This is a good time to be going to sleep se He/She has enough rest and energy for the day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 6th grader has "lights out" at 8:30 and usually falls asleep quickly. He gets up at about 6am so that he can leave the house at 7am. He's been starting to suggest that his bedtime is too early, although I don't think it is since he falls asleep quickly and gets the recommended 9 hrs of sleep. However, if he continues to push on it, our compromise will be that he can read in bed until 9pm.

Lights out at 8:30? Yikes!

This is when my 2nd grader has her lights out. Altho in PPs defense my kid doesnt have to be up at 6am

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The problem is staying up later on the weekend. It makes her body want to stay up later during the week. You can tell when a child gets enough sleep when she wakes up naturally on her own before the alarm goes off.

+1 The later bedtime during the weekend will mess with her body's ability to adjust to the regular bedtime on the weekdays.