Do you let your pre-teen/teen sleep in?
DS1 is almost 14 and has started "sleeping in" a bit more than he used to. On weekends, the rest of the family is up by 8 at the latest (normally around 7 unless we've had a late night) and he'd stay in bed until 10 if we let him (we don't). Now that it's summer vacation, DS1 would like to sleep in every day. I understand that teenagers require more sleep than younger kids and adults, but was curious what others allow... DH and I both work FT, so we are in bed by 10 pm and then out of the house by 7 am (DH earlier).
So do you:
1. Have a designated bedtime? Is it different during the summer months?
2. Have a wake-up time in summer months?
I left the house at 7:30 today and told the babysitter to wake him around 9 am. She tried 5 times and then he finally got up around 10 am. We make both kids go to bed between 9 and 9:30 pm. Starting next week, he'll have hockey in the mornings, so sleeping in won't be an issue, but he'll have days off... WWYD?
Do you let your pre-teen/teen sleep in?
Sleep is important. We let him be.
5 mornings/ week he has swim team practice though so sleeping in is a luxury.
When he was your ds's age, he had to go up to his room around 10 but we aren't enforcing that consistently anymore.
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