Is this bedtime schedule reasonable?

Question

Is this a reasonable schedule for a 14 year old boy going to high school next year?

First, the summer schedule:

To bed at 1am, to rise at 11am.

For Saturday nights, to bed at 11, and to rise at 8am.

Then, the school year schedule:

To bed at 11pm, to rise at 7am on weekdays.

To bed at 1am, to rise at 10am on weekends.

Saturday nights, to bed at 11pm, to rise at 8am.

If you think this is unreasonable, suggest changes. I'm trying to convince my mom.

My mom doesn't get that I still get 10 hours of sleep. And, with my staying up late, there are more programs that I like to watch on TV around then. And during the mornings, there aren't any things on TV that I particularly enjoy, or any reason for me to be up early.

Answer 1

I wouldn't think that you should have to wake up that early, but yes it is more then fair!

I'm 10 and I can go to bed whenever over the summer and weekends, sometimes I dont go to sleep at all.

But anyway yes its very fair

Answer 2

Once my kids hit high school, we do away with their bedtimes, BUT, the deal is they have to get up for school with NO trouble and not be grumpy in the morning.  If this happens, 10 pm is bedtime until they prove they can handle it. Weekends are really not regulated, BUT again, if they don't get up in good moods or in time for church with no trouble, midnight is the following weekend.  Summer there is no bedtime, as long as the house gets quiet about 1030 as the adults have to work still.  Quiet is they can watch TV fairly low,  no music on other than ipods, video games have to be played with no volume, etc.   this tends to work well. They can sleep in as late as they want, unless something is planned the following day, and they get their assigned chore done each day.  If you are okay with the proposed schedule, and can prove to your mom you can handle it, I hope it works. Bottom line though, shes the mom, and still in charge.  Present it to her in a nice positive way, ask her if she will allow you the chance to prove yourself to her in handling this, offer to do an extra task during the day during the summer to "earn" the priviledge.  I think you'll find you go to bed earlier anyway, and rise earlier.  Good luck on this

Answer 3

YEah!!!

the summerr.. well.. it dosent matter its summer!!!!!!

school is good too!!!!!

Answer 4

When your falling asleep in class and complaining that you can't concertrate and you hate school, your lack of sleep at the right time would be the first thing to change. Darktime is meant for sleeping, daytime is meant for waking, don't waste your day sleeping when the only reason is to watch TV, GET A LIFE!!!!

Answer 5

Don't try to convince your mom to let you stay up later by telling her you want to so you can watch tv!  But if watching tv IS the only reason you want a later bedtime that that is pathetic.When I was younger (14) my mom didn't give me a bedtime, I went to bed when I was tired. Tired from having a FULL day of activities, not watching tv.

Answer 6

i think thats pretty reasonable im 12 and i get to bed at like 12 on week nights during school lol but try to present it maturely enough to make your mom realize that your gonna start high school soon and your old enough to stay up til 11 lol

Answer 7

1am is ridiculous. You need to be in bed no later than 10.30. On a school day 9.30pm

Answer 8

As a parent, I would feel that I am responsible for monitoring what is being watched on TV. That late at night, there are things that I would not want my 14 year old watching. It depends on how much you mother trusts you not to watch inappropriate things. You will have to find a way to convince your mom that you won't watch inappropriate shows. Maybe set some parental controls or something.

Answer 9

One hour earlier on the bed time...and yes it's very reasonable.

Answer 10

11 pm to 7 am isn't 10 hours of sleep, it's only 8 - and that's assuming you go to sleep instantly.

Maybe your mum wants to know the house is safely locked up and everything switched off when she goes to bed? Maybe she'd like for you to actually get up at a decent hour so she can talk to you in the morning?

And, really, what's the big deal with the massively late bedtimes? If there's something on late...video it. Why waste all that electricity lighting the house in the dark, and then sleeping for hours after it's light in the mornings? It's not free, you know.

If I was your mum I would insist that at the very latest you go to bed when she does. Don't you do anything with your life other than watch TV? That's really rather sad.