Is there a point in setting a lights out time for kids at sleepovers when u know they'll stay up later anyway

Question

Is there a point in setting a lights out time for kids at sleepovers when u know they'll stay up later anyway

Answer 1

I think you should still set a "lights out" time but pop in a movie once everyone is in their sleeping bags.

* For the ones who are tired, they can fall asleep easier in the dark and not have to worry about looking childish to their friends.  (They can just say later that the movie put them to sleep.)

* For the ones who will never sleep, it is more fun anyway to whisper and giggle in the dark when they are "not supposed to be awake" - it's more exciting!

The next day everyone will think it was a great sleepover!

:-)

Answer 2

No, no point.  We don't set a lights out time at our kids sleepovers, but we do have a *keep the noise level down* time and they do.. most of the time. lol

Answer 3

I normally say bed by 11 even though I know they won't, but they think that I'll come in and make them split up if I catch them being awake, so they quieten down at that time even if they are still doing stuff. I don't expect them to sleep at 11, normally 1-2 is when they drop off but I have other children, and you've got to consider them as well.

Answer 4

Depends on the age group.  I'd say with teenagers it's fine if they just stay up.  With little kids (6-10), though, they really need some sleep.  I set a time when lights go off and they have to be in their sleeping bags; and another (later) time when they aren't allowed to make any more noise.  If kids are still getting up or making noise past the second time, I separate the kids.

We hosted a sleepover with 8 9-year-olds recently and most kids fell asleep but a couple kept waking everybody up past my "no noise" deadline.  I moved them to different rooms; everyone fell asleep; and the following morning one of the troublemakers actually thanked me for making her get some sleep and told me she had been starting to feel sick from staying up late.....

Answer 5

Yep. No point whatsoever.

My parents just watch tv, then come out and tell us to keep it down because they're going to bed, and we usually do.

Answer 6

I personally think sleepovers are the one occasion where children should be allowed to stay up late. I would set a quiet down time(how late depends on age). Allow the kids to play normally until this time and then insist on quiet activities, and it may be a good idea to pop in a movie and designate its ends as lights out.

I used to sleepover friends house as a kid. One house would make us go to bed at 9:00, you can probably guess how many times I slept there. Another house, we could stay up as late as we wanted(they had a basement/den), I don't think we ever made it much passed midnight, but it was still fun. it was fun to know that the occasional times when there were sleepovers, rules for bed were disbanded(as long as we weren't to wild or loud). Staying up late didn't cause any long term effects, just great memories that still last to this day.

Answer 7

if you know they'l be staying up anyway i guess your not turning the lights out to get them to sleep

just tell them you know theyl be staying up, but you dont mind as long as its not *too* late and that they dont keep you up

Answer 8

LOL. yes. my parents tell me to turn off the lights and go to sleep but they let me stay up.