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 him stay up and he can still go to school at normal time. One night of not much sleep will be fine at that age.

Let him but he has to go to school on time. He can go to bed early and have a few hours of sleep before the game and then a few more hours after.

Why not just let her, and if she falls asleep, she falls asleep. I don't get all this unnecessary control of teenagers. It must make them so resentful.

Why not say yes and just let her fall asleep if she can’t last

Bed at 8/9pm, sleep for a few hours, wake, watch, back to bed once its over and up normal time.

I will preface this by saying I really dislike football, I find it bloody boring (rugby all the way here - much more strategic and interesting) but why would you be so churlish about 90 minutes? Go to bed early and then get up for the game. I hope you're not planning on watching it and depriving him? Horrible.

I would let him, but say he needs to get to for school. He’ll be fine!

Of course he needs to watch it! Don’t be so mean!!

everybody is going to be tired on Monday and school will be much lighter as so many people will be skiving!!

bed at 10 up at 2.55 back to bed at 4am

Exactly. Let the kid watch the game. It’s not every night is it. Jeez.

and definitely break time at the latest if he doesn’t get up in time

YABU OP. Stop being a fun sponge, it’s a one-off event.

@MantleStatue Is a last 16 World Cup match “a pretty special event” on a par with the moon landing? I don’t think so. If it was the final, or even a semi final, I’d say definitely let the kids stay up for it, but too much is being made of this imo, and I’m a fan.

He can easily have 6-7 hours sleep which isn’t horrendous as a one off. Send him to bed early, by 8:30 pm. He can then get in some sleep before you wake him up at 12:30am. Then back to bed straight after the match for another 3 hours, if you can let him lie in a bit longer and skip any of his morning routine as a one off even better. One bad nights sleep isn’t going to do him that much harm, early to bed again Monday night and he’ll be fine by Tuesday.

I'd get him to go to bed early, and set an alarm for 1am so he can get up and watch it then. If at 1am he doesn't want to get out of bed then great. Id be inclined to make him go to school but it is just one morning so phoning in sick isn't the end of the world either.

Luckily for him, the time of the match has moved to 7pm BST

I would say early bed but then yes he can get up quietly for the match (but I wouldn’t be watching so it would be on him to wake up), but he’s going to school at normal time.

I would make him go to bed at 7pm with no devices, and keep checking on him that he is asleep. Then his dad can wake him at 1am if he’s staying up himself. But only if he’s actually had a few hours sleep. Then yes, up at 6am as usual.

It hasn’t.

Again? I thought they moved in briefly and then swiftly moved it back again

Since when?

No it hasn’t.

It's a pain in the arse and the government (who I support) should have just made it a bank holiday. As a teacher it's going to be a shitty day with high absences, lots of lateness and lots of overtired kids. And absence figures will go to the DfE as usual, because that's totally fair after encouraging people to be up all night in pubs. Can't wait.

My kids are older now but I would have let them stay up though - he'll manage through the day and can crash when he gets home.

Prepare for:

have school bag ready and clothes laid out night before
have a to go breakfast prepared the night before that can be eaten on way to school
shower/bath night before
go to bed earlier than normal and wake up at kick off time
go to sleep after and wake up 10-15 before needing to leave house. Get dressed, brush teeth, pick up bag and breakfast and eat on the journey

Of course let him ! It's a one off ! He will feel very bitter towards you if you stop him and he won't forget this moment.

We are a football loving household but we’re not staying up for it. I have to leave for work at 7am year 9 DS has to leave for school at 8am. No, he’s not having the day off.

We’re going to bed at normal time, recording it and getting up 90 mins early to watch it before getting ready.

Two things:

There will be loads of kids and adults fully intent on staying up to watch it that fall asleep before it starts or who turn off their 12.55am alarm.

They have kept the kick off time as it was originally intended but there are still storms predicted so there is a good chance it doesn’t even kick off at 1am.