6th grade bed time???

I really, really like this idea. It also helps keep the chargers from getting misplaced.
Quoting catngabsmom:
Bedroom time at 9, lights out at 9:30, all electronics (except for kindle) in the charger basket in the kitchen by 8. My kids currently get up at 7:30, so this is good, next week we will start getting up at 5:45 because they will have orchestra practice before school. Then everything will be adjusted down by 30 minutes.

Quoting GotSomeKids:I really, really like this idea. It also helps keep the chargers from getting misplaced.
Quoting catngabsmom:
Bedroom time at 9, lights out at 9:30, all electronics (except for kindle) in the charger basket in the kitchen by 8. My kids currently get up at 7:30, so this is good, next week we will start getting up at 5:45 because they will have orchestra practice before school. Then everything will be adjusted down by 30 minutes.


I agree her phone should be in the living room. My 10 year old has hers in the living room at all times. We have a restriction on her phone to quit working after 10pm on all days. She has repeatedly asked her dad to lift that. She can only text dad or mom after 10pm for emergencies. What emergencies can a child have after 10 you wonder???? Her mom goes out at night and leaves her alone often. This way she can contact her or dad if need be. I would like for her to have more sleep but she had daddy wrapped when she is here. I put mine to bed by 9pm on the weekends when she is not here and they all stay up till 10 - 11pm when she is. And sometimes even later. It makes for a cranky day the next day.

For the most part my 6th grader is in bed at 9pm. He gets up better he is more functional and he isnt as mean, cause let me tell you he isnt a morning person at all. But like on Tuesdays he has church functions he will be attending and they dont end till 8:30pm and after dropping off his cousins its already 9pm. So wed are rough on us. But like I said 9pm works best for us and that is the norm.
Christina

Right now all of the younger kids have their baths and showers after dinner, they get ready for the next day the night before so I don't have that challenge in the morning. We spend quiet time together and then younger kids in bed at 7:30 for reading or quietly listen to music. Lights out at 8 no questions and radios go off. The older kids spend time with me for a while and then they shower and they are in bed by 8:30. They too get to read or quietly listen to music and then lights out at 9. I have 5 kids, ages, 15 ( special needs), 12, 7, 6 ( special needs), 4. I collect cell phones and ipods before lights out and no one gets them back until the next day. No exceptions.
- catngabsmom
on Sep. 10, 2012 at 9:24 PM