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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 13 yo has an 8:00 bedtime.  Yes, I can see your shocked expression.  He may not actually fall asleep until 8:30 but he has to be up by 5:50 and if he goes to bed later, it's hard for him to get up.  He also has to walk/feed the dog, get his breakfast, make his coffee and clean up his breakfast dishes.  We'll let him stay up until 8:30 on weekends (although he may not fall asleep until 9:00) and he gets up on his own within an hour of his regular weekday wakeup time. Expound all you want on how unreasonable that it.  It works for us.  Good sleep hygiene is important to us. We've all got a lot on our plate and DH and I don't have time to mess around with kids who haven't had enough sleep or aren't getting themselves up in the morning.[/quote]

I can understand the weekdays if he has to get up that early but 8:30pm on weekends?  Doesn't he go out with friends, to the movies, to dances, watch movies?  That is bizarre.  [/quote]

Of course if there's a special event he can stay up/out later.  But this thread isn't about special occasion bedtimes.  Does he go out every weekend?  No, he doesn't.  He goes, maybe, once a month.  But, otherwise, we keep a regular bedtime even on weekends.  As the PP noted, the research is conclusive about the importance of sleep.  And, importantly, it works for us.  Not sure why you think it's 'bizarre'.  Once you get more life experience, you'll realize that just because people make different choices for their families than you do, it doesn't mean those choices are wrong or 'bizarre'. :roll: [/quote]

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