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She is up until 1am doing HW every night and you are okay with that?  She is sleep deprived because she doesn't manage her time well, probably due to usage of electronics. She may get good grades but at the cost of getting only 5hts of sleep. Insane [/quote]

Different poster, but...

I would "be okay with" that exact situation as reported by PP if it were one of my DDs and would not find it at all insane. She's busy, it happens. Some people thrive on that sort of pace, and some people do not. By PP's account her daughter seems successful and well-rounded, with no signs of distress or unhappiness reported in that post. Now, maybe that's just because PP didn't mention any that are actually present, or maybe the DD is unhappy and nobody has noticed. But if my DD seemed satisfied with a schedule that she had chosen and knew she would have our support in substantially altering at any time if it was no longer working for her, I would be not only fine with my teen being exactly as PP described but proud. In fact, PP's daughter sounds very similar to my own DD23 when she was a teen, and my DD13 appears to be taking on a similarly demanding mix of commitments. As long as they're at peace with their own choices and not obviously struggling, in distress, or in need of additional structure, I would say to let teens make as many of their own decisions as possible because making their own decisions now while parents can still easily step in if needed is IMO the best possible practice for learning to make and accept consequences of their decisions as adults.[/quote]

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