I try to get mine in by 7:30. I like to give them a bath and snack before bed at 9:00. I see some kids out past 9 and it 's dark! Mine are 5 and 6. How about your kids?

Usually by about 7 or 7:30 because the mosquitos get bad.

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I get my three kids, ages 5 1/2, almost 4, and almost 2 in at 4:30. Then it's clean up, dinner, bath, and bed by 7:00 ish. It's early, but they're done!

I like to have my kids in by 7:30 because the mosquitos get bad & dd can take awhile taking a shower & getting ready for bed.

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my little ones are in by 8 if I'm out with them or at a neighbor's house, otherwise they do not go out after dinner. My older ones (teenagers) are usually in by 9 during the summer.

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I would say 7. I dont like to rush them thru their bath and snack. It gives us all enough time to wind down.

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Here it is between 7-7:30 we do bath, snack, relax, read bed.... I like to have her in bed at 830 so we can read a book or two if she has a nap it is usually later since she will just jump on her bed for an hour. or try to get up.

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Same here. Once 5-yr old DD has dinner, she doesn't go out again.

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If ds needs a bath/shower I like to have him in by 7:15. He goes to bed between 8:00-8:30. Yet some of our neighbors have their boys out, aged 18 mos., 4 yrs. and 6 yrs. until 11:00 pm. To each their own, dh and I love early bedtimes! And ds needs his sleep. If he didn't I wouldn't have such an issue with it, but he needs 12 hours a night to function the next day. I get angry when my neighbors think nothing of telling me how early they think ds goes to bed, while it would be considered rude for me to tell them I think she's keeping hers up way too late! And they are not quiet when they are out either I feel like yelling, "put them to bed already!"

My kids are 9 and 12...they come in for the night by dusk usually.