Do your kids have a bedtime?

My 6 years old son have a bedtime,during school week he goes to bed at 7.on weekend he goes to bed at 8,on holidays or weekends i let them stay up a extra hour. Sometimes he go before that,it is good for them so that they can get a good night sleep. When my son goes to bed,he only wake to pee an then back to bed.bedtime is important because kids now a days will watch television all day and all night,so it's best to implement a time bedtime for the kids.

Yes,I have a bed time for my children.It is 9pm normally.You know all the kids want to do is playing.Playing is their is their job for natual.They never want to go to sleep by themselvies.So as a parent,I have to let them go to bed earlier.

Hi! establish bedtime and routine for children if very helpful. That;s what we did for our son. Aside from establishment bed routine, you must an example yourself. As I observed my son, he will not sleep until we sleep. There are still times when he will refuse to sleep even all are sets in. Discipline and consistency will be a lot of help. As parents, we should not always give in with what our children want. We should determine if it's just a want or really a need.

Hi there wilson, Well i grew up with a bedtime except for Fridays and Saturdays since there were no classes the next day so i guess i would do the same to my kids, i don't want them to not have this kind of basic discipline when it comes to sleep so i will put it up as a rule.

having a sleeping time routine is good for the child's health, because they could get the rest that they needed. kids are active during playtime. their body also needs some rest. for infants, naps can also help them not to get fussy. actually even with my 2-y.o toddler... he easily gets irritated when he is sleepy or haven't got enough sleep. So when that moment comes, I really force him to sleep. And by the time he wakes up, he feels refreshed and have the positive mood again.

One hundred percent agree that kids needs to have a bedtime and I also implemented this to my children so I can discipline them more specially they are already go to school and need to sleep more and earlier. This is good to them, for their health and of course self discipline. HAve a great day!

I didn't set a bedtime for my son when he was young, because I tried to ask him to sleep earlier, but he refused to, and when he lied on the bed, he couldn't sleep too. I thought I have tried many ways to make him sleep earlier, but failed, so I gave up. Until a few months ago, my husband told me we really have to set a daily rhythm for our son, as he has been sleeping very late, and it is not good for his health, or maybe emotion too. So, I tried again, by setting the rhythm for him. It worked nicely! I think in order to make the daily rhythm work, the parents have to follow too. So, I have to wake up early at the same time every day, I have to make sure myself bring my son to bed at the same time every day. By doing this, my son is used to sleep at the same time, and wake up at the same time. I think having a bedtime is not only good for the child's health, but also the emotion, as I said, as all parents know when the child is tired, he will start to be very emotional.

In fact my son's bedtime shall be at about 10:30pm. However, nowadays it is the summer vacation and therefore he usually goes to bed later. Since he wants to read the books before sleeping. Since that, I can't blame him so much because reading is still a good habit. But I still hope that he can sleep earlier because it is good for his growth. I love China

With the Summer being here, I haven't stressed a certain bedtime too much, but seeing that school is just around the corner I am trying to get my son to bed earlier. However, it isn't really going as smoothly as I would like. I do think that a normal bedtime is good for children, they need order and stability and I think getting them on a regular sleeping schedule is key to that.

Through the majority of summer break my children have really not had a specific bedtime. The reason that I've decided to do it that way is because of the fact that the kids have had a lot of upheaval this summer and allowing them to stay up late is a little bit of a reward that I've been able to give them for the hardships that they've been through. However, they will be going back to school next week and that does mean that we are trying to get back into our usual routine. During the school year, my children have to go into their rooms at ten in the evening and they are allowed to read for about thirty minutes before we have lights out. They have to get up at 7:00 in the morning so that they are able to get dressed and catch the bus for school. They are allowed to stay up later on the weekends.

I think it is important to set a specific bed time for kids, that way they will also learn the importance of good sleep, self discipline and obedience. This is actually one of my problems about my niece. Since he is staying with a family who go to sleep late at night, they also made the child follow the same schedule so that they won't be bothered with their good sleep when the kid awakes. I had this problem when the kid was left with us. I normally sleep before 10pm because I have a job. When I took the child with me in bed, he was really mad at me for making him sleep. He was crying, shouting and hitting me. I heard before that people should already be sleeping before 10pm to give our body time to undergo processes like regeneration and hydration and during those times, some of our vital organs needs our body in rest to do its functions properly. Given those facts, I strongly suggest that kids should really have a specific bed time schedule. They are still growing so it is important that they should have proper sleep.

During school days, I make sure that everyone in the house is already on their bed at 10 pm. But during weekends, I allow my children to sleep late because they can also wake up late on the next day.

My son is 13 years old, he really has never had a bedtime. He himself has always known when he was tired and needed to go to bed.

I observed that also, on school days I have a bed time for my kids for them to have the 8 hours sleep. On Friday and Saturday after studying and answering their assignments they can watch tv shows or play computer up to midnight. I impose bedtime for my kids to be alive in school and not sleeping during class hours

Hello Wilson, Yes there should be routine for every one child or adult they must sleep at a particular time its good for health.My kids after started going to school now sleeps at a fixed time as they have to wake up early at a fixed time but before that they had no particular schedule.

Well, my son is 45 so I don't think he'd appreciate me telling him what time to go to bed! ;-) But I don't think it's healthy. My son always had a specific bedtime until he was a teenager. I think young children need consistency, same time for meals, bed, getting up, etc. for most of the time. Barring vacations, holidays, whatever. It's important to help kids to form good habits. Although, I have always been a night person. When I was young and went to bed I would read a book by the light from a street light outside my window. I've seen some children that have dark circles under their eyes and it looks terrible. I think a set bedtime is better. If things are done off-schedule, differently all the time in all different ways how will they learn to be organized? Once they're grown they can do whatever they want.