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Anonymous wrote:Interesting responses, I never realized so many go to bed early at 8/8:15. We are finishing dinner and hw at that hour. Do you all SAH?

Due to birthday my 4th grader is 9 turning 10. 10pm bedtime.

10 pm is way too late for a school night.

I have a kid the same age. 9 or 9:30 at the absolute latest. Changing to to 8:30 or 9.

not if you are waking up at 8am

Anonymous wrote:Everyone needs 10 hours. I just count back 10 from when they need to wake up. Of course the teens get less sleep as they have to wake up early and have trouble going to bed early.

Not true. 95% yes, but some people really are low sleep needs (mine only needed 9 hours total by age 2). But if you have one of these rare kids, you’d know because you’d have been battling sleep issues from infancy.

Upstairs around 8:30, read until 9/9:30. School bus doesn’t pick up until 8:45 so even if he reads until 10ish there is still time to sleep until 7:30/8 (~11 hours) so there is no point to harping on closing eyes early. He just needs to be quiet in his room. Recently on vacation we let him stay up to do stuff with us until 10:30. It’s fun now that we don’t have to be back in a hotel room by 7:30 for bedtime.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting responses, I never realized so many go to bed early at 8/8:15. We are finishing dinner and hw at that hour. Do you all SAH?

Due to birthday my 4th grader is 9 turning 10. 10pm bedtime.

10 pm is way too late for a school night.

I have a kid the same age. 9 or 9:30 at the absolute latest. Changing to to 8:30 or 9.

How? I am not even off the clock until 5:30, usually it’s 6:15 by the time I actually finish work. Drive home, then to even get in the house, go pee, wash hands, change out of work clothes to prevent staining those while cooking, then to even begin dinner isn’t until 7:30.

You need a nanny or don’t work

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting responses, I never realized so many go to bed early at 8/8:15. We are finishing dinner and hw at that hour. Do you all SAH?

Due to birthday my 4th grader is 9 turning 10. 10pm bedtime.

10 pm is way too late for a school night.

I have a kid the same age. 9 or 9:30 at the absolute latest. Changing to to 8:30 or 9.

How? I am not even off the clock until 5:30, usually it’s 6:15 by the time I actually finish work. Drive home, then to even get in the house, go pee, wash hands, change out of work clothes to prevent staining those while cooking, then to even begin dinner isn’t until 7:30.

We start bedtime between 8:30 - 8:45, lights out by 9:00.

School starts at 9 a.m. and we wake her up at 8 a.m. She’s a very deep, long sleeper and usually gets 11 hrs per night. I’m actually dreading the start of middle school in 2 years when she’ll have to get up way earlier.

Anonymous wrote:Interesting responses, I never realized so many go to bed early at 8/8:15. We are finishing dinner and hw at that hour. Do you all SAH?

Due to birthday my 4th grader is 9 turning 10. 10pm bedtime.

10 pm is way too late for a school night.

I have a kid the same age. 9 or 9:30 at the absolute latest. Changing to to 8:30 or 9.

Bedtime at 8:45, lights out 9, they are asleep usually by 9:15 (rising 4th and K). Fourth grader wakes up at 7:15, kindergartner at 7:45, we’re out the door at 8:15 (school is around the corner).

My kids share a room with a young sibling so it’s bed and lights off at 7:30 (10, 8 and 3 year old). In our culture we don’t do a lot of organized sports so it’s not a problem.

9pm

Everyone needs 10 hours. I just count back 10 from when they need to wake up. Of course the teens get less sleep as they have to wake up early and have trouble going to bed early.

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Anonymous wrote:Lights out at 8:30...maybe 8 if its been a long day or earlier morning. He has to be awake by 6:30AM for school.

I feed mine dinner before sports so afterwards its just snack, shower, bedtime.

Same - kids eat as soon as they get home from school at 4:15. Practice is 5-7. Back home for a snack, shower and bed at 8/8:30.

Homework is done in the mornings.

Mornings? Mine walk to school at 7:45!

Mine are going into 5th and 3rd and it’s around 8pm. We encourage them to read so it’s likely closer to 8:30 before the lights are out.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lights out at 8:30...maybe 8 if its been a long day or earlier morning. He has to be awake by 6:30AM for school.

I feed mine dinner before sports so afterwards its just snack, shower, bedtime.

Same - kids eat as soon as they get home from school at 4:15. Practice is 5-7. Back home for a snack, shower and bed at 8/8:30.

Homework is done in the mornings.

Anonymous wrote:Lights out at 8:30...maybe 8 if its been a long day or earlier morning. He has to be awake by 6:30AM for school.

I feed mine dinner before sports so afterwards its just snack, shower, bedtime.