To let my 7 year old stay up to watch the England game?

[moryn]

9pm kick off tonight, the first England game of the World Cup.

I have some great memories from the World Cup when I was a child. It’s once every four years…

Should I, or is it ridiculous?

I thought that was the whole point of Mumsnet ?

What a time to be alive that was.
I have so many Olympic and World Cup memories dating back to 1976. England were hardly setting the football world on fire until
1990 when they were bit expected to get far. What a summer that was.
I can remember all of sitting around as a family whatever time it was, and nobody died. But I can remember the cheering, togetherness and excitement.
I have terrible insomnia and ended up watching Argentina during the night and got a Messi treat, times three.
I will have to prop my eyelids open at 9 pm

It's not about pleasing everyone.

It's about pleasing as many people as possible.

Any chance they could follow my plan of a nap before dinner, to reduce the tiredness tomorrow?😃

I have so many Olympic and World Cup memories dating back to 1976.

Being at Uni in 1986 and getting locked into the local to watch England from Mexico .....

Mine was only a wee bit older then that when he went to bid with his beloved Liverpool losing badly at half time in the Champions League final.

He was up again for the penalty shoot out.

I work in a First school (Foundation to Year 4) and am fully expecting some tired, grumpy children tomorrow. Thankfully I'm in a non-teaching role, but I don't envy teaching staff who will have to deal with them all day. At this point in the term, the children are getting tired, excited for end of year activities and emotional (due to moving up year groups/leaving). Late nights, just make it all worse.

My son will watch the first half, and then he'll be going to bed.

Seriously, for a first group stage match? Really?

Actually, my kids’ school has been using it brilliantly, they been learning all about the various countries in it. Each class has had teams to cheer in, learn some of the language etc.

Get them up at 6 to watch. Then you can FF through half time.

I think it depends on the child, some are a lot better at coping with late nights than others. Or get up a bit earlier and watch it on catch up in the morning.....break any rules about eating while watching TV, use half time to get dressed, clean teeth, get everything ready for school, then out the door!
I don't think people can really compare it to the scotland game which was in the middle of the night so most went to bed before it started and then had Sunday to sleep in. Scottish schools are also a lot closer to the end of term and therefore probably doing very little proper work compared to England.

It's very odd isn't it. Telling people they "should" be interested in a sporting event. Bizarre.

However, they may very well remember not being able to join in the conversation about the match with the rest of the class or their friends.

I said no to my almost 12 year old, now I'm rethinking.

I was rather thinking of the whole tournament. I didn't realise schools only plan a day ahead. Sorry.

You’ll be a day early, Thistle - Morocco is Friday at 2300h.

Not if they're secure in themselves. I've never felt like that about not watching a sporting event. Not as a child or an adult.

This sounds like a classic "but all my friends are doing xyz". We don't base our parenting on that usually, so why would we for a football match.

Yeah, my 13 yo stayed up till 4am watching the game on Sunday morning. But no school meant he could sleep late on Sunday morning (we're in England so no BH on the Monday 🙁).

Anyway, top tip. Tell him he needs to have a nap this afternoon and you'll wake him for the game. When ours were little we did this for Hogmanay and it worked well.

Gary Lineker is my favourite England player and really made his mark that year. The hand of God, too.
They are like machines now when they train, how they eat and rest.
I think Maradona’s prep was steak, beer and a line of something else….
I went to Uni in Liverpool and was really jealous when some of my friends went in the local to find New Order sitting there with John Barnes.
Gazza - mad as anything, but in his prime, quite the sight to see.
I keep watching across the platforms and The Rest is Football and keep showing my age by saying how much I miss Des Lynam.
Still get my Lineker fix though…

No holiday here either (Edinburgh) - lots of jet lagged children on Monday morning!

YES. He's SEVEN, not two!

I think the difference is they weren't getting up for school in the morning. And lots had a normal bedtime before getting up at 2am, bit like the kids who get up for the New Year Bells

But @moryn you know your child will they cope with an 11pm bedtime?

Or if they are normally an early bedder let them have a sleep first, bed at 7.30 up at 9 for a couple of hours

Op see how they are doing at half time.

Lots of different ways the kids I know did it - plenty just stayed up to watch all the games that night and then went off to play football in the morning.

Am sure lots and lots of kids will stay up next week for the 3rd game - school night, 11pm kickoff. People are very intensely excited. Sadly not my family - I like (watching) sports a lot but neither of my kids are fussed.

I think I'd let a 12 year old stay up.
Its still only 11pm when its done.

Lots of 12yos have groups and clubs that don't finish to 9.30 normally never mind sitting on the couch in pj's until 11.

The primary aged kids that I know who were up for it, all did normal bed then got up about 1.45.

We will be letting our nearly 8 year, he is football obsessed and has already been staying up to watch the first half of 8pm kick offs.

If he falls asleep we will take him up to bed. He is fine with a late night every now and again.

You know your own children, some children will handle it and some won’t. No right or wrong, just do what works for you family.

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