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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This start time is pretty typical everywhere. DC is the anomaly, and I love it for my kids. [/quote]

Loudoun also has a reversed schedule. Our local highschool starts at 9:30am. The local elementary bus picks up the kids at 6:30am (which is ridiculous imo) and the school day (elem) starts at 7:15am.

The highschoolers don't get out of school until close to 4:30pm (4:20ish), then don't get home until close to 5:00pm. From what I've heard, those that do sports/activities/etc. and are academically motivated wind up going to bed after midnight by the time they fit in all of their commitments and homework. So the lack of sleep can be the same as those with an early schedule, just shifted.[/quote]

No, their body clock dictates that around 11 pm is aligned with when they get tired to go to sleep. If you send a teen to bed at 9, they’ll just lie awake.[/quote]

That’s just not true. My child has an early start time at 7:20 (elsewhere), and she goes to bed daily at 9/9:30. The body does indeed adjust. [/quote]

In high school? Really?

I have one high school kid who goes to bed early too (almost always by 9). She has an 8:45 a.m. start time at a private school, which means she's able to sleep until 7 or 7:30 am. and get ready for the day. She is so much happier this way, compared to how she was in public middle school where she had to be on the bus before 7:30. My other high school student doesn't go to bed that early, because he can't fall asleep until after 10.

The reality is that it's not easy for high school students to be in bed by 9 pm. Both kids have done activities (scouts, sports) and had jobs that keep them out until past 9 pm. They can't walk in the house, jump into bed, and immediately fall asleep.

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Yes children are very adaptable and resilient. [/quote]

What? The point is that they aren't. It isn't a matter of putting a 17 year old to bed at 9 p.m.  They need more sleep and naturally fall asleep later. [/quote]

If they are tired enough, they will sleep.[/quote]

How many kids do you have? How old? What time do they go to bed, and do they have any friend at all? Very curious. [/quote]

DP. These are separate things. My teens are asleep at 19 because their internal clocks are set that way and they have close friend circles. I’ve also taught a fair numbers of loners who are awake at 1 AM online. [/quote]

What is 19? Is that 9? You have teens who are asleep at 9 every night?

I asked the question because the PP seems to think that all high school kids should be asleep by 9 and I'm saying that's pretty much impossible. [/quote]

10. Sorry, fat fingers on a tiny screen. Yeah, they are unless something really extraordinary happens and then they complain because they still wake up early even without an alarm. [/quote]

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