I’m 14 1/2 and I have to be in bed by 7:20-7:30, personally I find this very restrictive for my age but when I ask my parents if I can stay up to something like 10pm, they always avoid the question with something like “when I was your age I had to be in bed by 6” or something, is going to bed a 7:20-7:30 normal for a teen of 14 and a half?
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Hi Thomas
I would think that a bedtime of 7:30 is not really fair to you and is really to early to be sent to bed at 14.
If you have issues with not being able to get up in the morning for school or have trouble staying awake during school it could explain why your parents feel you need to be in bed so early.
Your parents might be struggling with the fact that their son is growing up and are still trying to treat you like you were 10.
Maybe rather than asking to stay up until ten it may help to ask why they feel you need to go to bed so early.
Maybe you and your parents can agree on staying up until 9 for awhile during the week and if it goes well maybe you could ask about staying up until ten on weekends later on.
if they are saying they were in bed by 6 I would kinda doubt that unless they had to get up at 4 AM to do chores or they had to walk those 12 miles to school uphill that many parents claim they did..
Do you share your room with a much younger brother that needs to be in bed that early?
It may take time but hopefully they can give you a bit more freedom.
I would think that a bedtime of 7:30 is not really fair to you and is really to early to be sent to bed at 14.
If you have issues with not being able to get up in the morning for school or have trouble staying awake during school it could explain why your parents feel you need to be in bed so early.
Your parents might be struggling with the fact that their son is growing up and are still trying to treat you like you were 10.
Maybe rather than asking to stay up until ten it may help to ask why they feel you need to go to bed so early.
Maybe you and your parents can agree on staying up until 9 for awhile during the week and if it goes well maybe you could ask about staying up until ten on weekends later on.
if they are saying they were in bed by 6 I would kinda doubt that unless they had to get up at 4 AM to do chores or they had to walk those 12 miles to school uphill that many parents claim they did..
Do you share your room with a much younger brother that needs to be in bed that early?
It may take time but hopefully they can give you a bit more freedom.
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I Have an 8 year old brother who’s been going to bed at the same time as me since he was 6, when im in bed I am actually allowed to stay up for as long as I like however im not allowed drinks or anything (I have to stay in the bedroom) and I usually go to sleep around 9-10pm and get up around 6:30am for school.
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If your brother is in your room I guess you kinda have to be quite.
Still seems a bit early to be in bed hopefully you have a few things you can do that help pass the time until your ready to sleep.
No drinks seems a bit harsh heard of that for kids that have problems with wetting the bed.
Hope you can at least leave your room if you need to use the bathroom.
has your parents explained to you why they have all the rules around being in your room so early and not being able to do anything.
How late do your parents stay up?
Still seems a bit early to be in bed hopefully you have a few things you can do that help pass the time until your ready to sleep.
No drinks seems a bit harsh heard of that for kids that have problems with wetting the bed.
Hope you can at least leave your room if you need to use the bathroom.
has your parents explained to you why they have all the rules around being in your room so early and not being able to do anything.
How late do your parents stay up?
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My mum works late so she leaves around 4pm and goes to bed at around 1am, whereas my father stays awake until 12 to pick her back up from work and he stays up until around 3am.
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Hi Thomas
Your staying up later wouldn't keep your parents up then.
Maybe if you asked for just an extra half hour before you have to go to your room your parents might consider that.
It's good you can stay up when your in your room but it still seems really early to be in bed at 14.
Is there a reason why your not allowed to have drinks in your room?
Thinking you must be really thirsty by the time you get up in the morning.
I had to limit my drinks after supper so know that going that long without a drink is really hard.
If your little brother is asleep you could just be careful not to wake him when you go in your room if they would let you have an extra half an hour.
Your staying up later wouldn't keep your parents up then.
Maybe if you asked for just an extra half hour before you have to go to your room your parents might consider that.
It's good you can stay up when your in your room but it still seems really early to be in bed at 14.
Is there a reason why your not allowed to have drinks in your room?
Thinking you must be really thirsty by the time you get up in the morning.
I had to limit my drinks after supper so know that going that long without a drink is really hard.
If your little brother is asleep you could just be careful not to wake him when you go in your room if they would let you have an extra half an hour.
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Drinks are no longer allowed simply because my brother spills them all and therefore I’m no longer allowed drinks, my parents are forcefully refusing that I’m not allowed to stay up any later and That all kids go to bed at 7, obviously they don’t, so they just won’t listen.
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I had very similar early bedtimes when I was around 12 yrs old. I had two brothers at the time one who was a baby and the other who was two years younger than me. Our mum used to get us all bathed and in our pyjamas by 6pm. This was followed by a 7pm bedtime every night. If our mum and dad wet going out we would be put down for the night in our beds by 6-30pm. Myself and my brother hated it but mum said we had to go to bed at the same time as our baby brother so he wasn’t disturbed when we came in later
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