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

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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?

DS is 15, I’ve said he can watch it on the iPad in his bedroom hoping that he’ll kind of watch, kind of doze. Obvs if it’s very exciting then we’ll all watch extra time/pens together. It is once every 4 years!

No they moved it back

Agreed!

Let them watch it. Make it very clear they will be going to school even if they don't sleep a wink all night. It won't do them any harm in the long run and it's a good life lesson

Year 9? Yeah I’d let them stay up.

Pretty sure my 11 year old will be watching it. It’s a one off, no big deal if he’s tired for one day.

Yabu.

Year 9 is 13/14 right? I think thats old enough to weigh up the consequences of being tired the next day

My kids are 16 and 14. Both staying up for the match, as are me and dh. I'll be waking the 14 year old up at 7am and expecting them to be on time for school, just as I will be for work.

Its very much a one off...let them enjoy it!

YABU
He should have an early night and set alarm get up to watch the match
Then back to bed
Hopefully no extra time/penalties

I’ve got a year 9. I’d let him if he wanted to but he’s not that interested. I’d probably get him to set an alarm rather than staying up the whole night.
but he’d definitely be going to school at the normal time. He won’t be the only one who’s knackered (poor teachers!) but it’s only one day and he can have an early night Monday

He can go to bed at 6pm,wake up at 12.45am go back to sleep 3.45am. Wake up at 7am for school. Dont phone the school that hes sick. Loads of people are doing that and it will be embarrassing and obvious.

Im letting ds stay up, it’s the last couple of weeks of school anyway they aren’t doing much learning (also year 9).

I would rather my y9 14yo didn't watch it
But I'm not going to stop him
I'm also not joining in after we got up at 2 to watch the Scotland game because it was on a weekend and he didn't last until half time before he went back to bed
They're going to get beat anyway so no idea why he's so keen

Waitttttt

Its not a final england match????

I’d let him watch it but he’d be going to school on time the next day.

Let him, it’ll be a great memory it’s 1 night

How are you going to stop him exactly if you are asleep and your husband is up watching it? Surely he'll just go downstairs and watch it with his dad anyway or watch it on his own TV? Can't exactly stop him at 14. Are you planning to stay up to stop him?

If he is into football I would allow it, can he go to bed really early then wake up at 1?

my husband plans to wake my 11 year old up, watch match then sleep til 8.

He’s not doing brain surgery at school, no one will die

I have said no to my primary age kids, but I wouldn't stop a Y9 from watching it. I'd say he needs to go into school though.

I'd do exactly this. With iPlayer/streaming, there's really no need to watch it at 1am.

I would go to bed a bit earlier, get a couple of hours sleep and then see if he wants to wake up. If he does, watch match, back to bed and go in a bit late. Don't phone in sick, who's going to believe that. Just phone in: he'll be in for Period 3 or something like that.

11 hours sleep?! So ordinarily he’s in bed by 7.30 on a school night?

This will be the last England match, let him
go to bed at his usual 7.30 and let him watch the match at 1

My year 9 DD is also banging on about staying up and all of her friends are watching it and staying off the next day but I know my daughter can barely keep her eyes open by 10pm so there’s no way she will actually stay up. I’ve also said no too.

I think it defeats the object of talking about staying up at school. No need to mention you got 3 hours sleep before the match even started!!

What you mean live, as it happens?

Also if your DH thinks it’s ok why do you get to forbid it
Sounds a bit controlling
If DH watching it perhaps he wants to watch it with DS