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The home-owner, parent, and main purveyor of family money, has the last word.

[b]Especially if OP is a woman in menopause who has difficulty sleeping. She is literally shortening her life expectancy if she cannot sleep in her own home.[/b]

The selfish kids can either sleep out or come back at a reasonable time.
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OP here.  Thank you for this.  I am teary-eyed just reading your comment, as I appreciate your compassion.

I normally sleep fine when everyone is in bed at normal times, and so I don't consider myself to have sleep issues.  [b]It's just on those nights (3x per week on average), when DD or DS are opening the front door and walking through the house to their bedrooms at 2 am. [/b]As I stated above, I do use a white noise machine.  And when our two DC's are in college during the school year (and when they were in high school observing normal waking hours), I slept fine.  And I sleep fine on nights when our DC's observe normal waking hours.)

We have a younger DD in the house, and she is awaken when her older brother and sister come home at 2 am, but she is able to fall back to sleep relatively easily.  Same for DH (but sometimes he too has trouble falling back asleep).

To me, this feels like a matter of courtesy.  I would feel bad if I disrupted anyone's sleep, including that of my DS and DD.

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If you are your younger daughter are being woken up by the sound of someone opening a door and walking down the hall something is going on here that can be addressed. What is it? Do they just have no idea how to enter quietly? Does the door squeak? Do they slam it? Do they wear shoes with heels and walk down a wood floor hallway? Are they talking on their phones? I suggest oiling hinges, carpets, removing shoes, and general tip toeing when they enter. You also need to consider a better white noise machine and perhaps ear plugs.

If they can't take steps to enter quietly, and you have also tried to dampen the sounds on your end, then, yes, they have to observe your rules. If they don't like it they can look for a summer apartment sublet.[/quote]

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