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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think you have all gone soft. Get the kids out of bed. It has been done for decades.

Goodness knows all this hand wringing over start times has been stupid and has caused logistical headaches of our own creation.[/quote]

I’ve had multiple kids go through middle school and they survived high school and got into college with zero trauma from the middle school start time. [/quote]

+another one

Just wait until these kids go to work.......or have an 8 a.m. class in college._[/quote]

They don't enroll in the 8 AM classes. I loved teaching the 8 AM classes because they were smaller and I had more kids who wanted to learn something in the class. They were great. And I got my teaching out of the way early on so my day could be spent on research and writing. [/quote]

I’m a prof too and the opposite can be just as true. The kids in the 8 am are there because they didn’t bother to register for courses when their registration window first opened up, and they got stuck with the section no one else wanted.

[b]Either way I tend to agree with people saying kids are soft now and so are parents. No one seems to understand the concept of sucking it up and dealing with less than ideal circumstances. You all are making life too easy for your kids and trust me they crumble when they get to college. So much anxiety and self-doubt even among the high achievers.[/b] [/quote]

+1 We don't teach resilience and don't allow kids to fail as they learn.[/quote]

Teen brains are undergoing tremendous growth and development and sleep deprivation during there years is one of the biggest drivers for in chronic mental health conditions.

Middle schoolers, 12-14 yrs old, shouldn’t be treated with less concern than HS students, developmentally they need as much or in some cases more sleep. And with 6am wake times they aren’t getting it. 
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Your middle schooler is still going to just as unpleasant yo be around if she starts school at 7AM or 8AM.

The only things that can fix that problem are 100% in your hands, either take away her phone, or wait patiently until she turns 15 and her hormones start to settle.

Changing start times won't make an ounce of difference.[/quote]

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