Kids and Bedtime

With school starting back September 2 for my oldest and September 4 for the other three I have begun to start thinking about bedtimes. Better yet, what is the right bedtime. My oldest is 14 so I tend to not be so strict with her bedtime. Last year she had to be at the bus stop by 7:55am. She had to be in bed by 11pm and I woke her up at 6:30 in the morning. That system worked out pretty good for her. It is a little bit more tricky with my other 3. I have tried to have a 9:00 bedtime for them. They have to be at school by 7:30 am. I wake them up at 6:00. Unfortunately there are times when they do not go to sleep at 9 because they are playing around, need water, to go to the bathroom and stuff like that. My 10 year old thinks she should be able to stay up later but I don’t think so. Sometimes she has trouble getting up in the morning.

I have seen around the internet where some parents have bedtimes at 8pm for their kids, I have even seen some as early as 7pm. So now I am curious, what is your kid’s bedtime and how did you come to the decision of picking that time?

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