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Sleep and older children
Older children need the responsibility of deciding when to go to sleep
but parent's responsibility is getting them to bed and teaching them how to go to sleep. My three children all did this at their own pace. They are all in bed by 7.30 but go to sleep at different times without the need for me or their dad, my youngest is usually asleep by 7.45 if not before while the eldest is asleep by 9pm at the latest. from Katie Ericka Kammerer wrote: Sue wrote: For the parents of older children, when did you stop telling your kids when to go to bed and letting them decide when to go to sleep? This can be during the school year and summer please. When they can make responsible decisions? Personally, I don't change things much for the summer. I think it just drives everyone nuts and makes it difficult to get back to things when school starts again. I'll make allowances for special occasions, but not on a regular basis. My oldest is 11, and we're nowhere near where I'd say he could go to bed whenever he pleased. He clearly needs to go to bed on time to have a successful day. On the other hand, he doesn't give me much grief about it, as he knows quite well he needs the sleep. I think my parents relaxed things a little bit when I got to high school in that I didn't have a specific bedtime, but there certainly was an expectation I'd head up to bed around 9:30-10pm and be heading for sleep shortly thereafter. I'm sure if I started staying up too late and having trouble functioning the next day, I'd have found a limit real quick. I knew my ability to have some choice in when I went to bed was dependent on my exercising that choice responsibly. Best wishes, Ericka |
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