AIBU to refuse a Year 9 staying up for the 1am match?

I’d be telling him if he wants to set an alarm and watch he can but he’ll need to get up for school. And keep the noise down.

Wouldn’t he just watch it on a phone or something else anyway?

Mine is Year 7 & will be watching it live. He is going to bed early tonight, getting up around 12.30 then back to bed when it finishes. He will be going to school on Monday though!

Tbf, his older brothers probably won't watch it. 15 is not interested & has epilepsy, so lack of sleep likely to cause seizures. 17 not interested in this game, has just started big job & wants to be on good form for that.

One lovely memory from my childhood is when I was 7, Torville & Dean had their big Bolero in the Winter Olympics. They were expected to do well. It aired in the middle of the night, so my parents woke us all up & we brought our duvets downstairs & snuggled up together to watch it. It felt really special 😍

We're watching it, year 8 child here. I told them they would absolutely be going to school as normal though, a tired day won't kill them.

Turns out the school are letting them come in at 11 am anyway so that's a bonus

He's right, given they're playing at altitude and not acclimatised, it may be their last outing.
Let him watch. No reason to stay off school either.

Yep. So most Y9 kids will hopefully have many more World Cups in their lives.

FYI for the poster saying core memorys aren't a thing for sports

I remember being woken up for many boxing matches over my childhood, because it was a big thing for my parents - am I interested? no - Did i love the wake up call, snacks, pop, parents friends and family around whilst I got to wake up in the middle of the night, 100%

Do I remember the matches? no. I remember the moment and the vibe though!

In 1969, when I was 14, my Mum didn't let me stay up to watch the moon landing. Nearly 60 years later, I have never forgiven her! These historic moments in our shared lives are important not just at the time, but for many years to come. When people are reminiscing about the match in twenty years' time, your son will have to say, oh, my Mum wouldn't let me stay up to watch it . Don't be that spoilsport!

I don't like soccer at all, and the matches of 1988 and 1990 are core memories for me.

Its the shared experience, excitement that makes it core, whatever the result.

He's 14, please don't be that parent. I wasn't allowed to watch certain things my mum didn't like and it really "others" you when everyone is discussing it. Tell him he needs to go to bed at 9/10 and then wake him at 1am (or make your husband do it). No need to stay up till 1 before hand. Yes, he'll be tired, but it's the end of term. Everyone is going to be tired tomorrow. I promised you he won't thank you for denying him.

I initially said no to my son (year 10) but I will probably relent as it’s quite important to him, he won’t be allowed in late though, if he wants to do it he still has to be at 7 to go to school.

I was 9
I didn’t have a vote

Yes this.

Get him to go to bed at the regular time or even a bit earlier and wake him. If he truly needs that much sleep he may not get up anyway but you’ve given him the chance, I’d then get him to school at the normal time have everything ready so he can get an extra 15 mins or so - everyone can manage ok one night of broken sleep! Needing 11 hours every single night is very unusual at that age though!

It’s 1 night. Back to normal after that. YABU.

You sound fun at parties…

Is his dad staying up for the game OP? If so, that's an interesting evening you're going to have.

Suspect this will be the first of many posts we’ll see like this today. 🙄

If he doesn't go to sleep (likely if his father is so keen on him watching it), he either goes to school on zero sleep or he has an unauthorised absence.

He's not sick.

Yes, I would let him stay up - but a storm is due there, and if lightning strikes within a certain distance, the kick off will be delayed until it’s over.

So, it may start a lot later.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/39649281/mexico-vs-england-world-cup-weather-fears/

It’s the last 16 ffs and being hyped to death
Ask a 16 yo what they remember about the last WC early rounds

Well I remember staying up to watch Andy Murray win the US Open donkeys years ago. I can’t remember the details of the match- the final score etc or even how many sets there were but I can remember the excitement of it.

It must have gone on a long time and it definitely finished in the early hours.

I don't see the issue? I don't follow football nor care but my 7 & 15 year old want to watch it because it's what everyone else is going on about right now.

They've had late nights through out their life for new years eve, god forbid I try get them to actually sleep on xmas eve, holidays, birthday events, kids do just fine tired - are you just thinking of an adult drinking booze getting too wasted to go to work the next day, with the phoning in sick part?

Get him some pop, doritos, salsa and you can go to bed whenever, he's 13/14. He will be fine for 1 night

Worth factoring in age here. Assuming England get knocked out at some point between now and the semis, as is usual, there are still a limited number of these you get as a kid old enough to get involved, and as a teen. For a lot of people who enjoy such communal sporting events, there's something special about having them when you're so young. DS may well be one of those people.

So does that mean he goes to bed usually at 7.30 if he needs 11 hours sleep to function

I’m saying if you go to bed at 7pm you can get up and watch it. And then have a couple more hours after. And then go to school.