"Life sucks and you may as well learn it early." Setting aside the fact that tweens & teens in particular need more sleep (you can do with less when you're olde

"Life sucks and you may as well learn it early." Setting aside the fact that tweens & teens in particular need more sleep (you can do with less when you're older), even if one has to get up at 6:30 and do a 90 minute commute every day, why make kids do this? They can learn to get up early and commute when they have to do so. I don't think making kids spend 10 years waking up early is necessary to prepare them for getting up early as an adult. Analogy: they may have to go without food at some point their life, that doesn't mean we have to starve them now so they're prepared. They can learn to do it when they need to do it.