To tell DC to stay in bed til a reasonable hour at the weekend?

[Bemyclementine]

Dc aged 6 and 7. Had to wake the 6 yr old up every day this week at 7.30, tired and grumpy. Then getting ready for school is an ordeal. 7 yr old gets up OK at 7.

Today, 6yr old wakes me up at 6.20. Talks at me, then goes downstairs. Back in seconds to complain 7 yr old has got to the TV first and is watching YouTube . YouTube is not allowed at bloody 6.20am.

So then they start playing, noisily.

Aibu to tell them to stay in bed and quiet til 7?? I'm shattered. I never get to just wake up naturally. Always the alarm on weekdays and a child on weekends. I don't want to sleep in til 9. Just not be woken up for no reason.

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Yanbu

No earlier than 7am out of their rooms, only TV allowed was Cartoon Network. They could have cereal and juice. This was after years of DC being up 5.30 or 6am. Around this age they started taking ages to wake up for school and wanted to be up at the crack of dawn on weekends and holidays. No fecking way.

We had a no tablets rule until 10am, even for sleepovers. They did not have phones. Any shenanigans, their tablets were removed for a time. One of them started sleeping in a bit cos they were bored.

A six and seven year old can wait in bed until 7am then they can go downstairs and play for thirty mins until 7.30 surely. It’s clear they need more sleep if they are struggling to get up on a weekday, they will naturally wake at 7 f that’s the time they are allowed up it may take some time.

They rarely do - not because they're angels (far from it) but because it was THE RULE from day 1 of being out of a cot so they just got used to it, just like on a school day they come down dressed for school. Sometimes DS2 goes and jumps on DS1 before 7am but they either tussle a bit then separate or they get into bed together and talk nonsense until 7am. Importantly, they rarely wake us up.

Get a gro clock and have a rule. My youngest knows he can stay in his room and play quietly until his 'sun is up'. Both of mine respect that others need sleep, even if they are up. They are both considerate of other people, it's not a bad habit to to get them into.

Exactly this. Have a rule, stick to it, raise considerate children.