Friend's 2 year old goes to bed very late

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I'm looking for advice on if I should talk about this with my friend.

Her husband works shifts, sometimes nights, and she was working nights before having their daughter. I think they carried over the odd sleeping pattern to their daughter and I'm worried how it might make things difficult for her in future.

Her daughter has just turned 2 and my friend says she is going to bed most nights at 2am. She doesn't seem to see the problem with this. I just don't have an idea how this will work in the long run. For example when she goes to school.

Should I talk to her about it, or what would you suggest? My own son is 5 and I would never want him to go to sleep so late!

Thank you

Thanks, this has helped me understand a little better. I don't know if her sleeping pattern is led by the parents or herself. Hopefully it will sort itself out or they will have no problem to transition to suitable hours for nursery and school in future.

I will listen to everyone's advice and keep out of it for now! Thank you everyone for your comments

I would stay out of it it. If her behaviour suffers then they have to deal with it. I am all for strict bedtimes. But that’s because it works for me and my children.

The time zones argument is bollocks. We have been in three continents in 4 weeks. Each time it took 3 days to get their body clock adjusted. It involved a little bit of effort and no crying but it was entirely doable.