what time would you say was the right bedtime for an 11 year old?

Fluffi

neveah wrote: »

hi
just wondered what sort of time is right for our 11 year old dd .dh ays half ten but i think ten is the latest i want her to go thnks in advance nev x

Glad you've reached a compromise on weekday/weekend times.

During the week I think it depends on what time they have to wake up in the morning for school. I used to have a long commute to school and would normally leave the house at 7.30am which was very different to the kids that lived in walking distance and could get away with leaving their houses at 8.30am!

BeenieCat

Interesting to see others' points of views on this since i send my DS to bed at 8pm. That's to go straight to sleep we do reading downstairs with tv off before that, and bath-time or whatever.

However my mother :rolleyes: reckons that's too early!! Pretty sure that wasn't the case when i was 6, but never mind lol, i ignore her anyway.

moggylover

I think this has to rather depend upon the child as my two are chalk and cheese regarding sleep.

My eldest son (14) is likely to be asleep within moments of his head touching the pillow (at around 10 p.m.) but has no real problem with getting up in the morning - although he is slow to wake up. His younger brother (11) is in bed at the same time but unlikely to get to sleep much before 11, although he will not come backwards and forwards, just takes ages to get to sleep. I really don't worry about that with him, because he is usually awake from about 6 in the morning and that even though he sometimes wakes and lays awake during the night:eek:!