The habit of going to bed late

When my girls were young teenager's they did have different hours during summer vacation. We started the transition to school time about 3 weeks before school started. I tried to make it easier for them by planning fun things for them to do several mornings a week. Then there was school shopping and cleaning their rooms before school started (like spring cleaning). In doing this it helped them to get back into the routine of getting to bed earlier. But of course there are always exceptions to the rule. My oldest did not ever really like to go to sleep early and would hide in her closet and read or use her closet light to read if the bed was close enough. My youngest daughter had a cell phone that she spent way to much time on without my knowledge at the time. She paid for these habits in her junior year by getting a migraine that lasted for months and actually put her in the hospital during Christmas holidays to break the cycle. Still to this day if she gets to stressed or looses to much sleep she gets a migraine.

Yes, my sons do the bad habit. As a parent, I have forbid them to sleep late at night. But because they are teenagers who puber, they are often waiting for me unguarded. So our behavior, such as police and thief. When I hard, they move to the internet cafes, with the reasons for studying with friends. Finally I have awareness of them, and they seem to begin to understand.

If I did not have to work, I would do the same thing in the summer. As long as he gets back into the habit of normal sleep in time for school I would not worry about it much. expecially if your folks are not concerned. I rememner when I was in highschool during the summer I would stay up all night and sleep most of the day, but the week before school started my mom turned the house into what felt like boot camp. early mornings, chores and a decent bed time so that we could get into our school routine.

i find i have this habit of going to bed late,i often go off at 10:30 at everning, so i came home and do something for a moment,i feel the time past very quickly,when i get to bed,it is very late,maybe this work change my sleeping time,i could not sleep early like before,but i control my time and sleep before at 12:00 at everning,this make me feel better.good sleeping can give good spirit to do work and face with something,so i hope that i can go to bed at tule,this is good for my healty and work.

Hello clorissa123 this is checkmail and was having an habbit of going late to sleep at night in the past.Actually i was having some classes of computers going on which are far away from my home.Its timing were in evening and after completing the classes, we all friends use to spent some time together.Sometimes even we had parties and all kind of stuffs after classes, which also made me late to come to my home.so it formed as an habbit in me to stay awake till late night even when there were no classes.My classes were alternative in week days.

Well, even my cousins kids are same way. Most of the holidays, they are set free to do and spend their times. They watch movies, play and finally sleeping at right time is postponed. And when the school starts they find difficult to cope up. So sleep we need to practise them at times which is important for their future life.

Dear friend, I would go to sleep according the tridness and sleepyness. Moslty I do have late bed. But it has not become a practice as I would go to bed as I would be coming from my work very much tired. But I would like to stay late night watching television or browsing or reading or any other interesing time pass.

maybe it's same with me, but since at my country school has started. so i must leave that habit

I think that it is a little extreme if he is going to bed at the time that you are leaving for work in the morning. I do not think that is very good for him. I can understanding waking up a little later than usual during the holidays but I think your parents do need to do something about his sleeping pattern.

I used to stay up late every night before. That was when I have no job. I stay up just to surf the internet, having fun with my Facebook, MySpace, Friendster, etc. But then I realized, there's a negative change in my total body. I gained weight, pimples starts to come out, dark circle around eyes, headache etc. Then I asked my mom my problem. That was when I realized that I've changed my biological clock. Means, I sleep in the day time, and awake night time. After that, I try to limit my night time. And everything's solved. Has no more problem with my body anymore. =)

i find i have this habit of going to bed late,i often go off at 10:30 at everning, so i came home and do something for a moment,i feel the time past very quickly,when i get to bed,it is very late,maybe this work change my sleeping time,i could not sleep early like before,but i control my time and sleep before at 12:00 at everning,this make me feel better.good sleeping can give good spirit to do work and face with something,so i hope that i can go to bed at tule,this is good for my healty and work.

I used to do the same during my summer break from school, but I still went to work at 5 AM each morning because that's what my parents expected from me. I advice you not to interrupt with your brother's education, because it's your parents job to do that.

i totally understand your younger brother's behaviors . Actually in summer or winter vacation there are a lot young people act like that. They are so active, energetic just like a tireless horse. Most of adults should have these experience when they were young . They just don't following the usual routin and they let themselves do anything without any limitation. Should parents prevent them from doing this ? i've no idea.

I'll speak for my parents here, and say "Yes, my teen does that!". Right now it is 1:25 AM and I probably won't go to bed for another 2-3 hours or so. Why? Why not. I have no reason to wake up early in the day. If I have a specific event I have to partake in, I'll go to bed earlier. But if your younger brother doesn't have anything he has to do the next day, why try and force it? Maybe I'm just different as it only takes a day or two to format my sleeping schedule for the school year, but I don't see a problem in it.

My one daughter would stay on the net all day and night if I let her. Their computer, (hubbies and kids) stays off all day and then they have to take turns. She is usually the last one on and sometimes I will go to bed before her. I always tell her not to stay up late. Yet we catch her on as late as 3 am! One thing I do is when I get up I wait for our 2 year old to get up and then I wake the teens up, including her. She has to do chores and act civil and if she cant the next night the computer is off when I go to bed. Mind you on school nights the computer is off at 11 and there is no discussing that. I learnt that I cant trust her to get off so It is up to me as a parent to do it for her if need be.

hello clorissa123, Indeed during summer that the kids has time to play computer, watch tv longer than school days but they should also have limitations. There is another day that they should sleep also. Having summer vacation doesn't mean that they can do everything that they want. They should not sacrifice sleeping. Our kids extend their time watching tv two hours longer than school days. So when weaking up in the morning. We are letting them sleep till 8 in the morning for they are weaking up as early as 5 in the morning during school days. You are right your mom or dad should ground your brother doing such.

As a teen, I think that this is particularly normal. Its the SUMMER!!! He doesn't have school or any other obligations to adhere by so he just does what he wants. You should try to get him into football or some kind of sport or recreational activities to keep him busy and occupied during the break.

i dont have any kids but one of my freinds does and is incountering the same problem....his son stays up countless hours on the computer or wii and lately he doesnt even get up untill around supper time....same thing...school is gonna start soon for him and yesterday his father finally put his foot down and said hes gonna have to go to bed at around nine and wake up earlier...his son would still do chores and stuff but he would jus do them really fast at night when everyone was asleep...he done all of them but he jus slapped right through it so he could go online...i think that alot of kid nowadays are allowed to do that and i think its not good for the devolpment of a child...especially since they dont get any of the social skills they should get when spending time with people and having freinds...its not even that hes not a popular kid...its jus hed rather be up all night online where he can be someone hes not then with his actual freinds...his father was tryin to stop him from doing this all along but his mother allowed him to do it....

I am not used to going to bed late. I am in bed before 10. But i also get up very early at 5 in the morning. Early to bed early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise..thx

i enjoy staying up to about like 3 am every night lol i am a teenager and i stay up late evry night and i sleep untell about noon