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

[BlackTulipss]

Is this unreasonable?
Apparently "every other mum" is letting their school year 9 kid watch the 1am match tonight and phone in sick to school tomorrow morning then go in at lunch.
I've said no to staying up to watch it. Starts at 1am, it will go on till 3:30am, or later if extra time!
DS has to get up at 6:30 for school.
DH says let him, keeps going on about once every 4 years experience, it's only 1 night, etc. And he says it will be the final England match - they'll be knocked out by Mexico tonight so there will be no other England games to watch after tonight.
DS badly needs his sleep and at 14 he still needs a solid 11 hours to function.
Is anyone else letting their DC watch it live tonight?
AIBU?

Let the kid stay up and go to school normal time. Nap in the day.

Go to bed early wake up for the match then back to bed for a few hours then off to school

I’d let him stay up. I’d consider making him go in to school anyway.
I mean, I won’t be staying up. I have no interest. But if his dad’s up and he wants to be, I would let him.

Let him. It’s once every 4 years ffs

Get up earlier and watch it on catch up
Early night tomorrow

I honestly don't understand any parent who would try and be a barrier here. It just feels mean and controlling. "I could take this away because you are a child so I will.".

He’s 14, not 4. One night of disrupted sleep isn’t going to kill him.

I think football and the hype around it is ridiculous, but I'd let him stay up. It's a pretty special event and I think most of his peers WILL be staying up too. (Or at least getting up).

Dh recalls his dad waking him for the moon landing. I recall my dad waking me for when Australia II won the America's cup and we all woke up for the Artemis mission. It's these sorts of things that make memories and are special/

Of course you let him watch it.

For a year 9 I would. One day of tiredness won’t kill them. It’s a special occasion

I don’t do football but I’m guessing if he’s that excited about the match he won’t be able to get to sleep anyway.

can he get up at 5am and watch on iplayer?

If a year 9 child really wanted to watch it I would say go to bed set an alarm and get up for the game BUT make it clear they would be expected to be up and out for school at normal time.

world cup is a massive deal for a 14 year old. bit mean to not let him watch it. but "phoning in sick" is bollox. just go to school as normal a bit tired.

I assume he's not having 10 pints whilst watching

This Or get him to bed and see his alarm for him wake up at 5am to watch it on catch up
Mines been told he can do whatever but he’s younger than yours and there’s no way in hell he’s even going to manage to stay up or wake up to an alarm

This is the perfect opportunity for teenagers to learn to adapt. Do something you really really want to, but that doesn't give the right to ignore your duties. That means you still go to school tired and sleepy and make extra effort to keep up.

I'd let him watch it but absolutely no way would I 'phone in sick'. He needs to learn that actions have repercussions. Teaching him that it's OK to phone in sick when he is not sick and for something so trivial (and I say that as a lifelong football fan) is awful parenting. Very early night, wake up at 1, watch the match, back to sleep, go to school, early night tomorrow too.

If he wanted to at that age then I’d let him because it’s hard to stop them! But he’d be going to school normal time. That’s life I’m afraid. We all have to get up for work.

im not staying up - no way! I need my sleep and have to get up for work

I’d let him. Good grief.

Phone in sick? Teenager? No way.
Watch the game and go to school. Or don't watch it.

So he goes to bed for a few hours. Gets up, watches the match, sleeps a few more hours and goes to school.

Comes home and early night.

Why such a drama over it? Not just you but so many posts all over the internet.

When I was a teen (admittedly many decades ago!) we did this sort of thing often and it wasn’t such a drama - but neither would mine or my friends parents allow us to miss school etc afterwards.

We learned to live a fun life and suffer the consequences of our actions. Therefore be able to risk assess how much no sleep mattered to us compared to the thing we were kissing sleep for!

I had a great childhood ☺️

At Y9 you should definitely let him watch - this is a core memory! Primary school is different, but one night for a mid teen isn’t going to do any harm and the excitement (or mutual commiseration) will get him through the next day

Could he go to bed early and then get up for it, and then go back to bed?

If his Dad is staying up then I’d let him

Is it not being moved to tonight instead because of the weather?