Teens and PreteensOh dear- the eye rolling, the attitude, the whines of 'OH MOM'... hormones? just a phase? being a teen is tough- being the mama of one is tougher...
Supposed to be nine, but lately it is totally flexible, and ten isn't uncommon at all. But we homeschool, and early rising issues aren't a problem here. A bedtime is more for my own sanity now...the kids do just fine going to bed later, lol.
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on school nights ds goes into his room at 9pm...but he can read until we go to bed and tell him to turn the lights out. He needs the relaxation to fall asleep...so once 9pm hits, no tv or computer unless he is still doing homework for some reason.
on the weekends, the skies the limit or when I get tired enough to go to bed and make him do so as well.
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my oldest is 12 she goes to bed whenever shes tired. sometimes thats 9 sometimes thats 3am. sometimes she stays awake for a few days. we just let her go by what her body tells her.
my oldest is 12 she goes to bed whenever shes tired. sometimes thats 9 sometimes thats 3am. sometimes she stays awake for a few days. we just let her go by what her body tells her.
See, I think that's fantastic, but not an option for us. Both of my boys go to public school.
I, too, think it's about control. We moved his bedtime to 10pm and he seems a lot happier and a lot more willing to go to bed at that time.
or when I get tired enough to go to bed and make him do so as well.
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