Yes and No. I do enforce a bedtime with my youngest, he's 14 yrs old. He's a very active athlete so most of the time, he goes to bed on his own because he's so tired. But if he doesn't, I push him to get to bed by 10 pm. On the weekends, I let him stay up. I can usually tell when he's pushing the limit though because he gets very cranky. That's when I push again to get a full night's sleep and catch up on his rest.

digitalscraps Jun. 9, 2009 at 8:07 PM

Yep both my kids have bedtimes my oldest (17) is in bed by 10 pm and youngest (11) is in bed by 9 pm on weeknights and not much later on the weekends, my oldest holds a p/t job on the weekends so no staying up to late for him.

katishome Jun. 9, 2009 at 11:10 PM

My 14 yr old dd is encouraged to go to bed by 10 on the weekdays and 11 on the weekend. She's in TKD and is a high honors student, so is either mentally or physically tired by then. Her phone is off by 9 and the computer shuts down at 10 (it's magic!!). Her 10 yr old brother stays up almost as late, but is into sports, so will often go to bed earlier on his own. We don't allow them to stay up after we are in bed, unless they're in their rooms reading or playing with the dog or hamster. They are both cranky when they don't get enough sleep and they know it!!

dflygirl7 Jun. 10, 2009 at 10:10 AM

my 13 yr old son has a bedtime.. its 10 pm during school time and 11-11:30 pm on the weekends and when school isnt in.

shorty13417 Jun. 10, 2009 at 6:15 PM

Yeah! my boys 8 and 14 have a bed time of 9pm when iam home and most nights when iam at work they go to bed when they get tired...but i'll call them to tell them to go to bed, around 830, from there its up to them to obey....

ladygscott Jun. 10, 2009 at 7:42 PM

Well, sorta!! My DD is 11 and usually she goes to bed at around 10 or so. On school nights I do ask for her to be in bed no later then 10:30pm. She doesnt argue, she enjoys sleeping!! LOL!! By boys are 8 and 9, on school nights in winter its 9pm, during Spring and Fall its 9:30pm on because its daylight later outside and they play longer out doors.

jennylynn22003 Jun. 15, 2009 at 9:12 AM

My daughters bed time is 10 on school nights, no exceptions. On weekends usually it's 11 but sometimes I'll push that back a little.

DeborahmomofH Oct. 17, 2009 at 11:29 PM