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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s fine. They adjust.[/quote]

No the don’t. Their circadian clock doesn’t adjust. [/quote]

Its funny how the need to be at a job just a few years later makes it ok.[/quote]

How many people have to be at work at 7:45 AM 5 days a week?[/quote]

Many many people.  By 7, 90% of my office is there [/quote]

Are they required to be there that early, or do they choose to be there? And again, do you work in an office with all teenagers? [/quote]

DP here. Most adults have to wake up early to do all the things that they need to do to be at the office by 9 or 8:30 am. I work remote most days and I'm in front of my computer by 8. I wake up at 6 am, just like my HS student.  [/quote]

Yes, and the point is that teens have different needs than adults. I'm a middle-aged woman who is up by 5:30 am because that's how my body clock works. I would never presume to say that my teens should also be up at that time. [/quote]

I think we can agree that even amongst teens, there are variations on their sleep needs. THere isn't a specific school time that will cater to all those needs so they do what they have to do to get the amount of sleep they need. The best way to do this is to adjust the time one goes to bed accordingly. [/quote]

One solution might be to run high school classes from 6 AM to 9 PM and allow students to register for classes when they want/need to attend. My kids have always been early birds, like DH and me. I used to think it was just good parenting (because my XH was a night owl), but we adopted a teen relative of DH who also is an early bird and has a night owl biomom who never enforced bedtimes. Obviously biology is important to some degree. My bio kids got my early bird gene which has been a good match for us both for the most part. It can be challenging sometimes. If I want to have peace and quiet before I leave for work (around 7), I have to get up at 4:45. By 5:30, my teens are up and our home is bustling. But it’s also terrible when we have to be out late for some reason and everyone is crabby.

My kids would take 6 AM classes, based on what I’ve seen them do with exercise and self-paced coursework. DS would probably go straight through and then do art until dinner time if we let him. DD has autism and would love to have a real break between classes to recharge her social battery. I could see her taking classes 6-10 and then a break until 1 PM.[/quote]

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