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Are UK parents obsessed with getting their kids to bed early?

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RosieLeaLovesTea · 18/06/2023 22:07

Am I the only one that thinks UK parents are obsessed with getting their kids to bed early? I see posts of 7pm/7.30pm, some as early as 6pm.

I work full time and don’t get home until 6.30pm. We don’t eat until 7pm. So generally 9pm is bedtime. Plus it means that if we do go out at weekends our kids are used to going to bed a bit later.

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Q2C4 · 25/06/2023 11:22

Mumof3PrettyBoys · 22/06/2023 10:21

7.30pm Is reasonable. 9pm for children under 10 is terribly late. Cbeebies goes off air at 7pm where they sing the bedtime song just before going off air... if little ones have a structured routine, bedtime just falls into place around 7.30pm gor mine and us parents who have had a long hard day taking care of said children and who need and absolutely deser some timeout time, wether it be a glass of wine or a cuddle on the sofa watching grown up TV shows or movies after a long day of peppa pig, Andy's aquatic adentures and clifford, the big red dog!!

Each to their own, But 7.30pm is not early for a kid's bedtime, It is appropriate for them not to be exposed to grown up materials that may arise once Cbeebies and other kiddie shows end for the day as after that is considered the 'watershed' anything after that is not kiddie material being shown on screens.

I bet this is why we have so many under aged pregnancies! Young ones being exposed way too early because they stay up so late and risk seeing things they cannot unsee.

You do know that kids shows are available on streaming platforms like iplayer, so can be watched at any time?!

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