Children Sleeps Late

maybe because it's summer now, and they don't really have to go early for school. If they have that summer camp ( weekly ), then their bedtime is 8.00 for my kid. But if not sometimes i let them stay awake another hour.

Well i think that will be for the children growth yea ... so i don't suggest bring them out late night unncessary yea

my childrens bedtime is 9pm. i also noticed some of my relatives and friends as well who let their kids stay up late sometimes up to 12am. it is not hard to disipline kids with the bedtime but sometimes parents just always klet their kids get their way.

I think families have to do what works for them. My partner works until 8pm most nights. So in our house dinner isn't until close to 9 and bedtime is about 11 for our little one. Having meals together every day is more important to us than having a 'normal' bedtime for our son. My children are home schooled, so we're able to be flexible about wake-up times too. The 5 year old who's going to bed at 11 is sleeping until about 9:30, getting plenty of rest & still plenty of time for school work, fun & a play time outside each day.

I will send my kids to bed by 9pm every week night, it is important that they have enough sleep in their growing years. but on weekend and they are not going to school, I will allow them to stay up to 10pm. With them sleeping at 9pm or 10pm, that give me some personal time for myself.

During the school year my children go to bed at 9:00 p.m. Since their dad gets home early in the winter. In the summer since my hubby is a painter and works sun up to sun down, I let my kids stay up late so they can see their daddy. They do sleep in the next day and get at least 9 hrs of sleep each day.

well, my bedtime is 8 pm when i am still a child... and i always stick to that time as i am afraid of my father... he is a very strict person and i don't dare to disobey him... yes, i realise too that more and more children are sleeping late nowadays... may be the time has changed...

We have a 5 year old and a 1 year old and most of the time they are in the bed by 8pm. It is good for our relationship so that we can have time to ourselves as husband and wife and it's good for the children to get the rest. Sometimes when we go out they will stay up later because they are with us. On the weekends if they are not at their Grandparents house when we go out on a date, we take them with us when we go out to eat or go to a movie so that's the only time they will stay up pass 10pm which is only about once a week or less. When our son starts school we are going to require him to go to bed by 7:30pm and as he gets older we may give him extra time to stay up.

We try not to take our kids out past their bedtimes, as it is so hard on them to behave when they are cranky, and no one has a good time.. We are out late once a week, b/c of church, the boys don't get home until 9:30-10:00, and they are grumpy! (: But, they are quite young, (10 months, and almost 3). I think the younger they are, the more important it is to stick to a consistent bed-time, as they get older, I don't think it's so bad, to be lax here and there. TImes really have changed since I was a kid, (and you too I'm sure). When I was a kid, my parents spent most of their free time at home, as did most of my friends parents. After they got off work, we would all sit down, eat dinner together, and watch t.v. (as would most americans) now-a-days, both parents work, which means that groceries need to be bought, bills need to be paid, homes need to be cleaned and most children have 1 or 2 activities besides school to keep them busy! So, parents are shuttling kids to music lessons, soccer practice, language class, and Lord knows what else.. and then they still have to find a way to get dinner down their throats before bedtime. Add to that, that most parents don't get home until after 5:00 some time! Really, it's a wonder we are not all walking zombies!! I do get concerned though when I see people with really young children shopping quite late (after 10:00 p.m.).. the kids is screaming and the mom is stressed out.. about to pop.. It is hard though, if you need groceries.. we've opted to call someone to sit at the house after the boys go to sleep, and make sure they are okay.. and we go shopping.. it just works better that way, and we get some time away..together.. I know that may not be an option for everyone..

My daughter is 14 years. I noticed that when she was very young, I made her go to bed much earlier than other kids her age. Before the age of 5 years, she went to bed at 7.00pm. After 5 years, it was 7.30pm. I gradually increased it as she grew older. Even when she was young, I noticed kids her age going to bed much later. I honestly don't think it is desirable. For a start, they can't concentrate t school. Now I notice, that friends of mine who have young kids, let them stay up late. So when I have a dinner party, they bring their five year old. I either didn't go out whn I when my daughter was young, or, I would get my parents to baby sit. My daughters 13 year old boyfriend, is allowed to stay at up as late as he likes on Saturday nights, so he stays up until 2.30am. I think it is teaching bad habits, plus teenagers need more sleep, not less.

My 5 year old's bedtime is 9pm depending on storytime it can be 30 mins before or after. He is starting Kindergarten in September so am trying to put him to bed at 8pm, read by 8.30 and sleep. Only time we are out late with him if we are out to dinner with family and friends and or if we catch a late movie but that is very rare.

my kids are almost always in bed by 9pm sometimes 930 pm. we have them lay down and read for 30 mins before we tell tehm lights out. now there are times when we are doing something specail and they stay up or we go bowling late at night, or even shopping sometimes. like on a sat night and we have to go grocery shopping they can go and we do that at midnight. that is raely though. i like to keep my kids on a schedule when it comes to sleeping and eating. they are 10 and 12 and i have always had them on a schedule like this.

since i am not married and dont hv any children so wt i think i will do the same to my children wt my parrents did to me they made me sleap at 9:30 pm and wn i used to wake up in the morning i used to feel really fresh and now since i am sleaping around 1 am or smtimes 2am wn i wake up in the morning my head is usually dizzy cant do anything properly its really not that good so i hv a plan to sleap around 10:30 om from now onwards!!

children' bedtime is supposed to be by 8.00pm thats the time i think children should go to bed.

Its general behaviour, if the time of sleep of the child is disturbed, they generally sleep late.

our kids sleep by 10 pm and get up at 8 am. no tvs at all for them except weekends.

My one year old is in bed by 8pm, my 4 year old by 9 during the summer and I let my 11 year old stay up until whenever with the understanding that if she's crabby she gets a 9:30 bedtime, and it's always 8:30 during the school year. I don't understand parents who have their kids out late on a consistent basis. I knew one mom who would let her 3 year old stay up until 2am with her, just so they could sleep half the day. I don't think that is very healthy or responsible, kids need structure.

I work nites and in the public so I see alot of this sort of stuff. Parents come in at 10;00 at nite with little kids that have to get up in the morning for school. When I was a kid my bedtime was 7pm on school nites.I hated it so much and like you I lied awake listening to the tv or radio. Except for on special occassions we were never out late. I was gentler on my kids with the bedtime but no, when they were young, we had a shutdown time of 6:30 meaning no friends over and inside ....during the school year anyway. From 6:00 to 8:30 we had dinner , did homework and got ready for next day. Occassionally we had time for a movie together. Summer was much more flexable but even then we were not out and about at late hours.