UrbanBaby

05.29.08, 16:22 PM General Topics
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Please help, 11 y/o ds has recently started to be defiant for bed time... says he doesn't want the same bed time (7:00) as the other kids (2 and 3) wwyd? [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 05.29.08, 04:22 PM Flag

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7 is VERY early to for an 11 yo. Can't you bump him to 8 pm? [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.29.08, 04:23 PM Flag

no, we are very strict [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.29.08, 04:24 PM Flag

7 pm is ridiculous for an 11 yo. He's going to be in junior high soon. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.29.08, 04:25 PM Flag

ita. should be 9. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.29.08, 04:27 PM Flag

I think it should be 8, but regardless, 7 is too early. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.29.08, 04:28 PM Flag

to what end? [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.29.08, 04:25 PM Flag

you are going to have to adjust to him growing older i think. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.29.08, 04:27 PM Flag

ittta [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.29.08, 04:29 PM Flag

yeah, i think an 11 year old should get a later bed time [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.29.08, 04:23 PM Flag

i don't blame him. my DS is 6yo and he goes to bed at 8:30... he probably doesn't need as much sleep as he used to and probably wants some alone time... [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.29.08, 04:23 PM Flag

Is this a fake post? How can your ds finish his homework by 7 every night? [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.29.08, 04:26 PM Flag

he does it when he comes in [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.29.08, 04:27 PM Flag

What time do you eat dinner? What time does he come home at night? No after school activities? [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.29.08, 04:28 PM Flag

dinner at 5, he has only karate on thursdays and tuesdays for 4-5 school is out at 3 [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.29.08, 04:29 PM Flag

So his homework only takes an hour? [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.29.08, 04:31 PM Flag

yes, for the most part [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.29.08, 04:32 PM Flag

so that is his whole life on weekdays? school, homework, dinner, shower/bath, bed? there's really very little time for play, friends, reading, activities, even the occasional tv show. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.29.08, 04:29 PM Flag

we are a nmo tv household, and he gets 1 hour between bed and dinner, and weekends are for play dates [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.29.08, 04:30 PM Flag

11 yos don't have playdates. You sound like a PITA who needs to accept that her son is growing up. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.29.08, 04:33 PM Flag

np - I don't agree with OP at all but I have to say that, yes, older kids still have playdates. They [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.29.08, 04:39 PM Flag

^^^may be called something else but basically they're still playdates with friends. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.29.08, 04:40 PM Flag

god, unclench. we happen to be a no tv home as well, but the fact that you needed to clarify that while ignoring the larger point says a lot. what a depressing life for an 11-year-old, trying to fit an entire childhood into an hour a day [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.29.08, 04:35 PM Flag

unless he has an extreme need for all that sleep, you do him no favors with this bedtime. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.29.08, 04:27 PM Flag

I am totally surprised that you don't homeschool him. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.29.08, 04:31 PM Flag

$10 says he's not vaccinated.... [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.29.08, 04:34 PM Flag