Teen (younger teen) bedtime?

[Kerplunkk]

What time do your younger teens go to bed on school nights?
Currently battling with mine about what time is appropriate when they need to be up at 6.30 for school!

What's younger? Also very dependent on child. My rule has been that they need to be easy to wake, ie the alarm goes off and they get up. I also make sure that they have the latest wake up possible, teenagers body clocks want to stay up late and sleep in.

From starting high school bedtime was 9pm with lights off at 9.30.

Younger as in year 7/8 of secondary school.
6.30 is the latest they can wake up whilst still having time to have breakfast, get dressed and wake up properly.

9pm then, that is 9 in bed (teeth washed etc) with the option to read for 30 mins. That's 9 hours which is within the range suitable for a teen. However if they aren't sleeping and getting up easily I'd go with 9.30 bed and reading till 10.

Mine are 17, 15 and 13. 17 is away to uni but the other two are in their rooms from 10pm. They go to sleep when they are ready but they are also responsible for getting themselves up and out for the school bus at 7.50. No problems.

Pretty much what pp has said above, but my DS is 14, he knows he has to be up for 7am regardless, he sleeps whenever he decides, he's old enough now to know his own responsibility etc, has always had the same since starting secondary school when it comes to any bedtime routine so to speak, he's always out the door on time at 8am, but if he's not and late which he never has been then he's the one explaining why 🙂

Yr 7 needs to be up at 6.45, lights out at 9.20-9.30, this is enforced due to her getting cranky if tired!

Yr 9 needs to be up at 7.15, he is encouraged to get to bed a bit less, but happily turns his light out around 9.45.

9.30 lights off, 9.00 all tech stops working which I find encourages the going to bed process. She has to get up at 6.30 for school.

My yr 8 child has always needed a lot of sleep. She’s in bed by 8.30 and reads until 9.00ish most nights. Although will put herself to bed earlier if tired! She gets up between 6.00 and 6.30.

Mine (12, 15) have started sending themselves to bed since they went back to school. They get up at 7. The younger one goes to her room around 9 and the older one 9.30.
I have noticed that if I make any effort to send dd1 to bed she seems duty bound to stay up just to make a point. If I say nothing her pride remains intact and off she goes 😀.

13 yr old. About 10pm, sometimes a bit later, never earlier! He has training until 9pm 2 nights a week so couldn't really expect him to. Gets up at 7.30am no problem.

My 12 yr old is in bed for 10 each night (due to sporting activities) and alarm set for 645

My 12 year old goes up just after 10. She isn't back from sports training until 9 so couldn't make it earlier

I think it depends really how much sleep they need

DS2 is year 8, he is in bed by 9.30. He doesn't sleep particularly well so has to have medication and is being woken at 7am. Ideally he'd have more sleep - he is very hard to wake - but going to bed earlier doesn't work. The earlier he goes to bed, the later he falls asleep weirdly

DT's get woken at 6.45am on a school morning. They go up from 10pm (we often watch those 1 hr tv dramas from 9-10pm together) then they faff around until 10.30 ish.
So quite late but they get up no problem and have an early night if it catches up with them.
They wouldn't sleep if they went to bed any earlier

They're 13yo, just gone into yr9

Dd2 13 Y9 goes up at around 9.30 - 10 she then reads, watches tv etc in her room until whenever. I don’t police what time she goes to sleep so long as she can get up in the morning and not be too tired, which she does.

DS2's 14 and sets his own bedtime. It varies between 10 - 1.

The rule in this house was how well you could get out of bed in the morning and be in a decent mood. Both of mine set their own bedtimes but they also don't really lie in on a weekend either, naturally waking around 30mins to 1 hour later than their usual school wake up.

Ds2 has always needed less sleep than Ds1. 3 year age gap. I think that for year 8 they were up to bed for 9 and awake at 6.30am straight into the shower.

just let them drink a can of stella puts em right to bed even in the little dogs bed they have to sleep in now we are living at my ex wifes husbands house

@Kerplunkk

What time do your younger teens go to bed on school nights? Currently battling with mine about what time is appropriate when they need to be up at 6.30 for school!

used to be 11pm but now we just let dd14 do whatever, she's responsible enough to be in charge of how much sleep she gets, as she'll be the one who's tired in the morning if not!

My y7 goes at 9 and the y9 goes at 10.

My Y9 goes bw 9.30pm and 10pm, otherwise gettingbup is a problem. Luckily her recognises this.