What time do your kids go to bed?
 

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No, Willow you are not being unreasonable.......I think I was 15 and going to bed at 9:30...Ok it was a long time ago, but children haven't changed and they need their sleep.

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Then tell her you are not interested in 'Everyone'....everyone lives somewhere else......and I'll bet if you contacted the parents of her friends they would tell you that their children use the same ruse to stay up.

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I had to be in by 9pm and i was sent to bed 9.30 during the week friday and sat 10.30 and that was when i was 14 but i didnt have to get up at that time my school bus picked us up at either 8.20 or 8.30 we had a choice, and i used to roll out of bed at 8.03 and aim for the 8.20 but mainly catch the 8.30!!! :D:D:D

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That's par for the course with teenagers. ;)

8 hours sleep for a 12 year old seems reasonable to me.

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Willow stick to your guns, she is just testing the boundaries...which is what all children do.

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my girl is 15 and goes to bed at 9 to 10 she gets up at 930 most nights she goes to bed by 9

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Yes,stick to your guns Willow,you're doing the right thing.

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I'm going to buck the trend here and say that I'm not convinced there is a bedtime for age. Guidelines maybe but it does depend on your child. Mine has always been a late to bed for her age but I rarely have problems getting her up in a morning. If I thought it was affecting her then I would be stricter

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Mine are a lot younger but I strongly believe in a set bedtime - stick to your guns.

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Having 6 children ranging from 1 - 16 I agree Willow stick to your guns. The 16 year old goes when she feels like it (generally around 10ish), 14 year old goes between 9:30 - 10 and the others are all in bed by 9.

Personally I think 9:30 is late for a 12 year old.

She is pushing though, probably so she can "look cool" at school by being late to bed.

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Usually 9:30/10:00 on a school night, and even then she reads till later ! At weekend I give her free reign and she has usually more stamina than me ! It will be different come Sept when she has to get up for a bus, she has been spoilt by living 100 yards from school !

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Sounds the same as mine, although she is used to being out of the house for school at 8.15 so an extra five minutes earlier should be a piece of cake lol

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It also depend on the tv at ours; if it's Bill Bailey/Bill Oddie/any pathology programme you have no chance of shifting her off the sofa !

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I dont think your being unreasonable willow mine have always been early to bed when its school .. luckily for me my daughter has never contested it and now shes left school i leave it up to her and sometimes she still pops herself off to bed at 9 ish .. but she is drifting closer to eleven now . but i think that will change a bit when she starts college..

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my eldest go's to bed about 9 ish but reads in bed and drops off about 10ish, but by son whos only 6 goes to bed at 8.30 cuz the little ****** doesnt drop off till about 9.30, hes a right little sod!, always messing in his room!.....always saying,....."it still light, its not bedtime yet":mad:

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i think 9 is prob best for 12 years old. stick with it.

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its nice when the kids are in bed, my ears buzz!!
then me and me fella can have time to ourselves:D;)
untill the little sod shouts!

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My 4 year old daughter trys that one. "Its not dark yet" put her to bed at 8 and she doesnt go over till about 9.00-9.30.

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lol....cant wait till its winter:rolleyes:, at least we will have no problems then:D

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oh less winter has better weather than we are having now - the sun may be out til 10pm then instead of it being black at the moment

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Why do I read this thread and think of monty python :)

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I dont think that times unreasonable Willow, mine are little yet but the baby goes at 6pm and the 5yr old goes at 7pm, bedtime for her is when we say it is regardless of daylight its worked so far but probably wont last for much longer.