Did you know that if your child does not get enough sleep they will finder it harder to:
- Concentrate in school.
- Pay less attention to what you are saying
- so therefore be seen as being disruptive or misbehaving.
It is our job as parents to ensure that we give our children the best start in life and making sure they have at least 10 hours sleep a night, is very important.
What time do your children go to bed?
Do you have a routine? Do they go to sleep easily or are they still up at 10pm?
Hi alisoncam, how are you!
I don't think you are too strict at all, I am worse.
My 15 year old's bedtime has only recently gone up to 9pm on a school night and she can read and it stays the same at weekends too! She often goes to sleep overs at the w/e when she stays up until the early hours of the morning, so I think on other nights it counteracts this.
She has one friend since junior school who was always allowed to stay up until whenever and since senior school, she has become a bit of a dropout and I truly believe it was because she just couldn't concentrate due to tiredness and then lost confidence in herself. Such a shame.
Our kids might think we are mean, but hey we only want the best for them!
I also think as single parents we need our quiet time too!
I hate bedtimes.
I aim to have youngest is in bed between 9 -9.30pm with 10pm at weekends. Fourteen year old half an hour later. Daughter goes around 10pm and oldest varies between 8pm and midnight.
My eldest is a total nightmare when it comes to bedtime.
I often get fed up.
As for me time... Guess that goes out the window when you have four older children. When I first left (6 years ago today) I enjoyed my quiet evenings when they were all in bed before 8.30pm!
My 7 yr old son goes to bed at 7.30 on school days (and still needs to be woken up at 7.20 the next morning) and on weekends goes to bed at 8.30 but then wakes up at around 6.30 on Saturdays and Sundays!!!
Why do they do that?????!!
My 14 year old was up at 5.45am today.
He does have special needs and not needing much sleep is part of it. **sigh**
Hi Anna
Up until the age of 7, my son always had a strict routine of being in bed by 7.30, he always fell asleep within 15 mins. He now goes to bed between 8-8.30 on school days, goes to sleep without hassle, and gets his full 10 hours sleep. I truely believe that children should have a routine.
I do know however that some of his school friends go to bed at 10 o'clock, so my son is forever telling me how unfair I am!!! My answer to him is 'who yawns in class, who doesn't listen properly, whose brain doesn't work properly because of lack of sleep'.
Even at a weekend, I prefer him to be in bed by 9.30 on a Friday, and 9 on a Saturday.
Maybe I'm too strict on this!!!!