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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've found that the older my kids get, the more they want to go to bed at a reasonable hour (on school nights at least). Kids in middle and high start early in the morning--they are tired by 10pm because they got up at 6:15am. [/quote]

True for ours kids, too. They had a bedtime in elementary school, but they have figured out that they have to get up and go to school, and that's easier when they've gone to bed at a reasonable hour. I'm hoping the elementary school bedtimes let them learn how it feels to be rested rather than wiped out from not enough sleep.

That said, one of my kids has always been a night owl. Unless he's sick or his schedule has been disrupted, he can't fall asleep before 10 or 11.[/quote]

Ha! My teen is 13 going on 80. She's been making herself go to bed "on time" even while on vacation and summers since she was around 10. She knows she's very grumpy and feels not great if she gets less than 9-11 hours.  [/quote]

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