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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have her take a nap.    I am like that and sometimes nap.  I cannot fall asleep before midnight or I wake up in the middle of the night for a few hours.[/quote]

Frankly, as a mother of a 13 year old, I think this is a bad idea.

Napping is not the solution. Self-discipline, which we as parents are supposed to be teaching our kids, involves creating structure. Part of structure means a set bed time and wake-up time. A 14 year old is not an adult like you are PP with the luxury of deciding she is "like that" and so, throw up your hands and accept it.

OP, I think you need to get to the bottom of this, as to why she is harming herself in this way. (Because really, that's what she is doing.) If it's stubbornness, that needs to be dealt with as you would any other defiant behavior.[/quote]

My goodness.  Do you overreact to everything in life, or just kids taking naps?  My 15 yr. old son takes a nap right after school, if he's not staying after for an activity.  THEY ARE EXHAUSTED.  If he comes home on time, he gets here around 3:30, has a snack, relaxes for a bit, and usually winds up sleeping - hard - until dinner.  I don't wake him up.  He desperately needs the sleep, after waking up each day at 6:15 [i]and[/i] growing.  After dinner, he's a new person and gets to work on his homework.  He goes to bed around midnight, regardless of having a nap, so clearly his body needs the extra sleep.

I used to do the same thing in middle and high school - I'm still a big napper, if I have the chance.

As for the other PP who said your child will be "a loner" if they nap after school - what on earth??  All of my son's friends crash when they get home from school, if they don't have other activities that day.  These are growing teens - and *none* of them are loners.  I say, good for them for listening to their bodies, instead of constantly having the "go-go-go, keep busy every second of the day" mentality.[/quote]

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