My 14 year old daughter (year 10) is lobbying us for a later bedtime. I agree with her but DH doesn't so I'd love to know what others feel is reasonable?
Bedtime since starting secondary school has always been 9pm school nights and 10pm weekends. She has a long commute to school so needs to be up at 6am to get the bus although a couple of times a week she gets a lift and can lie in until 7am.
She has always struggled to get to sleep and is often still awake at midnight. My logic is that if she's awake in bed reading every night then she may as well stay up a bit longer and be tired when she gets into bed.
Another factor to consider is that her 13 year old brother also has a 9pm bedtime - they were only 15 months apart in age so they've always had the same bedtime. The difference is that he seems to need more sleep, he's always out like a light within minutes of getting into bed and has to be up at 6am every day. DH thinks it's unfair on him if his sister can stay up later whereas I think they need different amounts of sleep at the moment and he's old enough to understand and accept that.
Please let me have your thoughts as DH and I can't seem to reach an agreement on this.