To think that you shouldn't keep your 8 year old up all evening just because it's Friday?

[BigFatLegsInWoolyTIghts]

Or am I seriously off the mark? (Have been before on here!)

A "friend" on facebook (I know I know) has just posted that she and her DD are just about to watch another film and eat more choc.

Is that odd?

Or am I reaaally old fashioned?

My DD is also 8 and if I had her up at this time she'd be a nightmare!

[Ragwort]

I agree with Proud and to be honest I can't think of one thing on TV/film that I would choose to watch with my 11 year old DS; I have no interest in the crap stuff he watches and on the few occasions I have suggested we watch something together (ie: my choice although I try to find something that would interest him) he is bored stiff. So no, I send him to bed at 9pm ish. Or I go to bed on my own first with a good book .

[GoldShip]

'Slack parenting' oh please do pull the other one. Sometimes it's nice to have some one on one time, after the youngest have gone to bed, after chores are done, a time for you and your child to relax and bond.

[BigFatLegsInWoolyTIghts]

Same here Ragwort I like horror and thrillers...not blinking Victorious and Spongebob!

[charlottehere]

In fact my 3 year old was up until 11 last night as we were at a neighbours house. She will be tired later although she has had 9 hours sleep.

[charlottehere]

Sometimes I would like to send DDs to bed earlier as they are getting on my nerves but DH works long hours so generally don't. However, we must sit quietly a watch the programme

[2blessed2bstressed]

Bigfatlegs It was always just lovely and relaxed! In the summer we'd sit in the garden and the kids would be on the trampoline, or just running round, and my two friends and I would sit and put the world to rights! One had lost her dh like I did, and the others dh worked shifts and was usually out on Friday evening, but if he was home he'd join in.
Maybe we were all just lucky, but we all have 2 dcs each, and they all seemed unaffected the next day....but probably did sleep in a bit longer. I never did the Saturday morning sports/activities thing - I scheduled that for Sundays or after school, and Saturday mornings were our lazy morning when I made pancakes or bacon rolls and we didn't get out of our pjs til gone 12.
We actually still do that on a Saturday

[charlottehere]

Oh and not spend all night doing shows if we have visitors/go to someones's house

[Chandon]

sure Goldship, but starting another film at midnight, so we are talking a 1:30 bed time, which is just excessive and unnecessary, isn't it? For a young child?

I have that one on one time with my 10 year old when the younger ones are in bed at 8, and we stay up another hour.

Kids need their sleep for growth and well being. It is not some random "punishment". letting them stay up very late, regularly, is as bad (or worse) as feeding them junk, letting them drink lots of fizzy drinks etc. It is a bit rubbish.

(what is happening, next I'll be ranting about fruit shoots and gregg's sausage rolls!)

anyway, I think a 1:30 bed time for an 8 year old is too much, and I'd be
about it, but in real life (not MN) I'd keep that to myself.

[thebody]

No for us Friday night was family fun night.

Dh usually away all week so time to catch up with us all.

Pizza, crisps, sweets, wine for grown ups,DVD and usually ended up carrying younger ones up to bed as fallen asleep on sofa with blankets.

Bloody lovely.

[GoldShip]

I can see 1:30 might be a bit on the late side but if parent and child aren't tired, haven't got anything to do the next day where is the harm? Its a tad judgemental to say its as bad or worse as junk food, everything in moderation isn't it?

Like I said I used to stay up late with my mum, brothers had gone to bed and I loved and cherish that time with her. I'm now 21 and haven't got any problems stemming from this so let's take a step back and take our judgey pants off!

[fuckadoodlepoopoo]

I have a friend who keeps her 3 year old up until 11 every night to allow her to have a lay in the next morning (they get up at midday). She starts school next September, her mum is going to have to change the whole sleeping pattern by then!

[2blessed2bstressed]

Having said all that, we were usually back home and off to bed around 11ish, maybe midnight at the latest....I think half past one is too late.

[hatesponge]

If children are tired, they fall asleep. My DC have always gone to bed later than most, because I work and would never see them in the evenings otherwise, but even so at age 8 probably wouldn't have stayed awake much beyond 12.30am at weekends, and indeed often would have nodded off a lot earlier than that.

[GoldShip]

thebody that's lovely and the same as what I did! My stepdad learnt me how to play chess at the age of 8 from my little 'late night stop ups' too