4 ms·
My wife and I maintain that fixed bed times are still one of the best parenting decisions we ever made. They're getting a little later as our kids get older, bu
by timw0j 5y ago
My wife and I maintain that fixed bed times are still one of the best parenting decisions we ever made. They're getting a little later as our kids get older, but we can definitely tell when the kids haven't gotten enough sleep. They get squirrely and overly giddy, and their ability to focus on anything goes way down.
- fastball 5y agoFixed bedtimes works until your kids realize they don't actually need to go to bed when you want them to.
- koolba 5y agoAh, that's the classic Mike Tyson words of wisdom, “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth".
- blodkorv 5y agothey work if they naturally feel tired when you think they should get tired.
- astura 5y agoNot true, I never, ever felt tired at "bedtime" as a kid, ever. I would protest my bedtime pretty much everyday because "I'm not tired." Fixed bedtime still "worked" for me because when you're 1) on a firm schedule and 2) laying in bed without anything else to do then sleep comes.
- Oddskar 5y agoI would (perhaps naively) think that children are the same as adults in the regard that we both need ample amount of time to start slowing down and relaxing before bed time.
- deleted 5y ago[deleted]