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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]By 14 my kids set their own bedtimes. They stay up late sometimes and sometimes sleep in but they have things to do and have to learn to balance all that. Their teens and now is the time to let go of control and let them have autonomy. The alternative is constant battling and in the end, what will I have won? You can’t make someone sleep![/quote] That’s nuts to me as that age is only 8th or 9th grade. My kids, not was I, are not allowed to go up to bed whenever they feel like it. Are you okay with them binge watching Netflix until 3am on a school night? Grades/academic performance, behavior, immune system, mental health and athleticism are all tied to the amount of sleep. Mental disorders due to (or exacerbated by little sleep) are real. This is akin to given an 8th grader a few bottles of wine and saying they’ll learn to modulate drinking this way. People are too lazy to parent or be the bad guy.[/quote]
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