Whats the right time for my son to go to bed on a school night?
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thats freaky it sounds like me im 12 and ill be 13 in march. anyway,i got to bed between 10:00-10:30
i think 9 45 is 2 early. maybe he should stay up until 10 15. its only 30 min more and it not 2 late. i can go anytime i want, like 10:45-11:30 mostly. im going to be 14
my g/daughter is 13 and we let her stay to 10 to 10.30
i go to bed about 10:30 or a lot later (more like whenever i wanted to) when i was 12 or 13. i lost heights due to lack of sleep back then. i regret it now.
My little girls 7 and I put her to bed at 7:30pm If i had a 12/13 year old, I think 9:30 is late enough on a school night... good luck in trying to convince him, but remember, you're in charge, what you say goes! x
I think you are right with your timing. When he reaches 13 (a teenage) I'd say 10.00p.m. I still think that is quite late for a school night, but it's probably what his peers are saying to him too. Remember you need your time too.
Sounds like a reasonable kind of time to me.
10:00 to 10:30pm sounds good. but only if he keeps his studies up ect ect
-hetty♥
9pm is a reasonable time in my opinion. Afterall, every child needs its beauty sleep. How ugly is your son?
My son goes to bed at 10.15 on a school night as he has to be up at 8 am. My marker is ten hours a night at that age so work it out when he has to get up. I allow for some time reading, once they are in bed they are resting.
I think that is a good time, but if he does want to stay up later, take into consideration how hard it is for him to get up in the morning. That is what my dad did to me.
i think thats late enough, i went to bed a 9.30, most days, up until i left school at 16.
My little sister is 12, turning 13 next september, and she gets to stay up until 11:15pm...i think that it is an okay time, but i think 10:45 would be better
hmm... im 16..i always want to go to bed at like 10:00.. but its so hard lol, i stay up till like 11, 12. =/
I think between 10:00-10:30 is a good bedtime for a 12 yr old
Well, im suppose to go at 11:00 but some nites i don't go to bed till 12:00 1:00 in the morning. If he wants to stay up a little later then let him stay up till 10:00 or 10:30.
that seems like a good time but it depends what time he has to get up. i have to get up at 7, and my body also needs a lot of sleep so i go to bed like 9 or 9:30 ish otherwise i'm really tired in the morning...so it depends how much sleep he needs and when he has to get up...
im 13 and go to bed at 11- BUT i can be woke up easily
it depends on if he is cranky in the morning at 9:45 if he is cranky earlier if not maybe 10:00 to 10:30
also it depends on what time does he have to get up for school
i get up at 6:00 am school by 7:00 to 7:30
I reckon thats time enough!! He is still growing and needs his rest! Perhaps bea little more lenient over the weekends, and holidays. My 16 year old, who is at college, is in bed and asleep by 11.00! When she was 12,13,14 ... 9.30 was her cut off time .. she could read in bed if she wished! she still seems to stick to the same routine now, shower etc and in her bed by 10.00!!
When I was 12 (I'm 14 now) I went to bed at like 9:00-9:30. I couldn't go any later I had to get up too early. Now that I'm 14 I'm in bed by 10 and usually just keep my tv on till 10:30 or even 11 when I really can't sleep. But my bedtime is supposed to be 10. I have to get up though every morning at 6-6:30. So that is enough time for me it's like 7 1/2 to 8hours. I guess it should just depend on when he has to get up. I mean try like 10 with him for a little bit and if he gets up every morning just fine then that's an okay time.
I think you should go by how he acts during the day. Let him say up maybe 10-15 minutes longer every day, but once he starts to be crabby or overtired the next day, then back up that 10-15 minutes like you had the night before, and set that as his bedtime. So let's say he stayed up until 10:30 the next day he was fine, but then he stayed up until 10:40 but was overtired the next day, then back it back up to 10:30 again and set it as his bedtime
I believe that when I was 13, my mother let me stay up until 10:30. It seems reasonable enough to me. If you're worried about him getting enough sleep for school see how 10 pm works out. It's only an extra 15 minutes but it will probably make him feel more grown-up to think "I have to be in bed at 10" vesus 9:45.
no later than half ten unless let him go bed whenever he wants just get him up make him go to school he'll want to start going bed early because he's exhausted
i'm a twelve year old girl and i go to bed around 10-10:30. my parents always put me to bed at 8 until i begged them for a later in fourth grade. if he's gone to bed early since FOREVER, maybe he's sick of it and feels like a baby compared to everyone else (his friends at school.) see what his friends do. if his friends go to bed at the same time or earlier, then say no.
well for his age u should put him to bed about 10:00 i think that would b good for him
I'm 13 and I go to bed at 10:00 - 11:30!! But I'm up doing homework cuz I'm in like clubs, sports, family dinner, pets . . . . . . .
10 to 10:30
I was in bed by 930 until i was about 15, I'm 18 now and go to bed by 12 on school nights...it depends on what time he has to get up and stuff.
I dunno, I go to bed whenever I feel like it.
Then I wake up too late and dead tired...
I'd say, make him go to bed early. Seriously. I only wish that my mom made me. Lord knows I don't contain ANY self control.
i think this time is reasonable.it gives him chance to unwind and relax before going to sleep.my children used to go about this time but they have all left school now. so i normally go before them now to bed.
It's not about a specific time, it's about what he needs. He is around the sort of age that he is becoming able to judge for himself when he needs to go to bed, but ultimately you "still know best". Well at least you are responsible for his bedtime anyway.
As teens age they naturally need to go to bed later and later. By the time they are late teens their body clock won't want them to shut down until way after midnight. That is normal, and it is far more to do with how "developed" your teen is than when is a socially appropriate time.
If you let him stay up and he starts to get over tired in the mornings then you know it was the wrong decision, but I have to say 9:45 doesn't sound very late to me.
I suspect the timing is related to two things, one is TV and the other is his friends. Unfortunately these aren't good measures with which to determine what is the best time.
However, if a conflict over bed times is all you need to worry about with him then firstly you have done a good job of bringing him up so far, but things are going to change soon, and that means your approach needs to aswell.
PLEASE let him grow up at his own pace. Of course be aware of what is influencing him and try to gently steer him away if necessary but it's a tightrope. You duty as a parent is to try and help him turn himself into a decent adult human being. Determining his bedtime is far too much control in my opinion, although if he is a very young (underdeveloped) 12/13 then maybe the time to let him start to grow up hasn't quie arrived yet.
Good luck
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