Do you save money by having early bedtimes for your children?

PolishBigSpender

As the thread title says, really - do you?

Bloomin_Freezing2

No but it certainly saves my sanity!

flutterby_lil

Save money in what way? No because the tv is still on, I am still eating and I tend to do some online shopping lol

SkintGypsy

Yes, cos all the treats come out when they go to bed, and I don't have to share my Ben & Jerrys.

shirlgirl2004

My children go to bed at the times they do so they have enough sleep to function well it has nothing to do with saving money. It's good to save money but it's better to enjoy family life, if you can do both even better still.

poet123

Are you doing some kind of thesis on the sleep patterns of children in the UK?;)

shellsuit

How could I possibly save money by having the kids go to be earlier? :huh:

Idiophreak

shellsuit wrote: »

How could I possibly save money by having the kids go to be earlier? :huh:

I'm not a parent, but off the top of my head:

If they were painting before they went to bed, they'd stop painting. So you'd need to buy less paper and less paints.

If they were colouring before bed they'd stop colouring, so you'd need to by less colouring pencils/crayons and fewer colouring books.

If they were baking before bed, you may need to buy fewer ingredients.

If they were modelling before bed, you may need to buy less clay or materials.

If they were building AirFix before they went to bed, they'd stop making AirFix, so you'd need to buy fewer kits.

Of course, if you just plonk your child in front of the TV from when they get in from school til when they sleep - and then plonk yourself in front of the TV from when they go to bed til you do - there aren't great savings to be made.

onlyroz

Conversely, if you let them stay up later then all the extra hot-air they generate will reduce your heating bill.

MX5huggy

The longer they stay up the more copper cable they strip back for me so the more money I make.

fannyanna

Idiophreak wrote: »

I'm not a parent, but off the top of my head:

If they were painting before they went to bed, they'd stop painting. So you'd need to buy less paper and less paints.

If they were colouring before bed they'd stop colouring, so you'd need to by less colouring pencils/crayons and fewer colouring books.

If they were baking before bed, you may need to buy fewer ingredients.

If they were modelling before bed, you may need to buy less clay or materials.

If they were building AirFix before they went to bed, they'd stop making AirFix, so you'd need to buy fewer kits.

Of course, if you just plonk your child in front of the TV from when they get in from school til when they sleep - and then plonk yourself in front of the TV from when they go to bed til you do - there aren't great savings to be made.

Another non parent (so basically I have no idea ) but surely the earlier they go to bed the earlier they wake up in the morning. The number of hours "awake" is likely to be the same whatever time they actually go to bed.

Therefore they'll still have plenty of hours in the day to do the activities you've listed above.