I'm 19 and my parents don't let me stay up late or sleep in til noon, what do I do?
This is directed towards most of the other commenters.I see a lot of “No choice,” “It’s overrated” and “Get a job” answers here.First, this person is 19. For fuck’s sake, they should be allowed to experiment with their schedules! Hell, I was allowed to do this when I was 14.Secondly, if staying up and sleeping in is truly overrated, then you must have had experience with that as well. Let this person see for themself and judge thereafter, not avoid it altogether just because some helicopter parents said to.Third, it could be difficult to study for college and have a part-time job simultaneously, depending on the college degree and job in question. Nonetheless, off-days do allow for leniency.Now just because you believe that “not getting[sic.] the good sleep” leads to shit hitting the fan doesn’t mean that it actually will.
Why do my parents get mad at me when I wake up later than usual?
So recently I woke up at 11am, since I fell asleep at around 12-12:30. My mom got angry at me and started raising her tone asking me why I got up so late. We had a small argument (not so big where we start yelling and getting angry). I was asking her why she cares when I get up, I get enough sleep and I go to bed early enough where I usually fall asleep between 11:30-12:30. I m 17 and I have enough control over my sleep where if I need to get up at 7 am then I can do so. My mom didn t give me a clear reason as to why she was angry at me. All she said is something about me messing up my sleeping schedule. Its still summer and I don t have to go to work today. I m grown up enough where I can make these types of decisions. Yet when I brought up why my parents used to get up so late (as late as 12:30-1pm) certain days, my mom immediately started shushing me and interrupting me and not letting me finish my sentence. I usually get up around 10 am, even when I get home late from work (12-12:30 am). I am fully aware enough of when I can get up on what days, and I can easily adjust my sleeping schedule so I can get enough sleep and get up early enough. Yet my parents, especially my mom get mad at me that one time I get up later than usual (like I said, my usual waking time is around 10am when I am not working that day or start work later).
My parents don't let me sleep in late?
I have been getting up at 11:30 everyday for the past month now. When I get up I make my own meal, wash my dishes and start on my chores right away. My parents got so angry at me today saying they had had an enough with my laziness. I don't see how that makes me lazy or why they won't let me. Are they right? How do I talk to them?
Why did parents like to put their children to sleep as early as 8 pm?
Right? I’m white and my parents put me to bed at 8pm, year round. I’d lay in bed and watch all the neighborhood kids outside playing for hours after I was in bed, it was still daylight outside too.I see parents who think they’re supposed to start bedtime at 6pm, right after dinner. I have actually asked a person why they had kids if they didn’t want to have family time after dinner. The mom said “I need my downtime after a busy day so the kids go to bed early”. I felt like maybe they wouldn’t be so tired if they did stuff together as a family after dinner but oh well.But here’s where it all comes from. People say kids are supposed to have XX many hours of sleep per day. So the parent of a kid looks at what time they get up and figure what time they need to go to bed to be their healthiest.I put our kids down at 9pm most of the time. In summer they might not go to bed until much later but during the times they are required to get up they went to bed at 9pm. 9pm-7am is 10 hours of sleep per night and that’s more than enough.My best friend put her kids to bed at 10pm. They got up at 7am to get ready for school. So 10pm-7am is 9 hours. That’s plenty of sleep for a school age kid.Then there are those whiny women who are always asking “what can I do to get my kid to sleep later, they wake up at 5AM!!” and I always say put them to bed later. They are done sleeping at 5am and don’t need any more sleep time.But “I’m” a bad mom because I let the kids stay up past 7pm. Who knows, I would rather have fun with the kids after dinner and let them play sports, tumble, dance, plays, or anything.
Why don’t my parents let me stay up late during the summer or on weekends during the school year?
There are several good answers posted as to why your parents want you to have healthy sleep habits, but reading between the lines I don't think that you are looking for reasons to go to bed earlier than you want to, I think you are looking for a way to get your parents to be more flexible, and allow you to stay up later during the summer.You will need to approach your parents with some logical reasons, in an adult manner, if you want to convince them to relax their rules. Without making detailed suggestions about how to do this, I will merely suggest that you think in advance about how you can convince them to consider loosening the rules a bit for you, since you are getting older and becoming more mature and responsible. Good luck, and enjoy your summer.
My parents always! wake me up?
I suppose it would be easier on everyone if your parents were to come right out and tell you that one of the rules in their house is you have to get up out of your bed when THEY are up too. But they would rather communicate this to you through a well worn method known as PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE. I understand how trying to do what you want under those conditions can be frustrating for you. Unfortunately there is only one solution for you, and that is to not try so hard to sleep late when your parents are so clearly demonstrating to you that its now time to get up. It may seem to you on the surface that I am taking their side in this, but I am truly trying to help you here. You said you are frustrated because they won't listen to your requests of your parents to be less disruptive while you attempt to sleep late, and looking in from the outside I can see that all you are doing is butting heads with your parents. The day will come when you have a place of your own, and you won't have anyone banging around forcing you to be awake before you are ready. But for now (I hate to say it but) it's their house, and their rules. So, here's what you need to do in order to guarantee that you will have the ability to sleep in as late as you want, whenever you want. Keep up the good work in school. Get the very best education, and as high an education as you possibly can, so you can start out with the career of your choice, and make a decent income. Your goal should be to start out your adult life living independent of EVERYONE, and that includes any boyfriends, or girlfriends at the time. If you end up sharing your home to save on expenses, I promise you, you can search the world over, and you will still end up with someone who will find a way to annoy you while you are trying to sleep in on a weekend. Meanwhile, you have no choice but to bend to your parents will. So while you are missing out on your weekend beauty sleep, let that be a motivator to work hard so you can achieve your ultimate goal of sleeping in every weekend you choose.
Should I let my 18-year-old daughter sleep over at her boyfriend's house?
First, she's reached the age of sexual majority in the US. It is her decision and not yours now.Second, is SHE Catholic? If not, then again, it's her decision and not yours.Third, in YOUR home, you can make any (legally permissible) rules you wish to make and enforce them. This includes disallowing sex between non-married people, period. She can remedy this by being elsewhere, which she soon will be anyway, at Uni.Fourth, you have no legal right to forbid her to do anything legal outside of the home, whether it's sex, playing the lottery or smoking tobacco.If you want her to abstain, clearly that ship sailed LONG ago and is presumed lost at sea. You cannot undo what has already transpired.You are at a crossroads: You may choose to hold onto your attachment to your practices and attempt all sorts of ways to manipulate her into adhering to them or you can let go of them, reducing your stress, and permit her to make her own decisions... and mistakes as needed. Be available to answer questions or soothe the hurts, but you had your 18 years chance. Time to let go and trust her to watch out for herself.Otherwise, you risk losing her altogether and creating a resentment that could take decades, if ever, to overcome.Look at the big picture, let go of your attachments and trust in all your prior years of effort. Every person has a different path through life and sometimes you just have to watch the bruises as they occur and stand ready with the arnica gel to soothe them.Good luck.
What should my bedtime be? I'm 15 years old and it's summer.?
I'm 15 and it's summer vacation. I also got really good grades. My mom makes me go to bed around 11 to 11:30 because she doesn't want me up after she is up but my dad is up untill like 1 a.m. She also gets mad at me for watching t.v. or listening to my ipod while im in bed even on the lowest volume. So my question is should I have a bedtime and how can I get my mom to let me stay up later.