It's 10:00 a.m. here and my dd wants to call a friend to see if they can play, but she tells me she can't because her friends don't get up until after 10:00, sometimes as late as noon! Perhaps this is normal summer vacation behavior and I'm just shocked because my dd is usually up on her own around 7:00 a.m., even if she goes to bed as late as 10:00 p.m.

How late are you letting your kids sleep?

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No way would I let my kids sleep until 10! I know a long time ago I had called up a friend at 11:30 they were all still asleep per her return call an hr later She said they always sleep like that on the weekend.

My boys are 2, 6, and 8 and they are usually up by 7:00am. if they were really tired then I would let them sleep till about 9:00 but I doubt that will ever happen.

Between 7 and 8 am is when everyone gets up.

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My kids are 7, 5, 3 & 1 and they can sleep as late as they want. They are normally all up by 8-8:30 but some mornings my 3 year old, who is a night owl and stays up later than the others talking to himself in bed, will sleep until 9 or later. We normally have nowhere urgent to go so I don't see the problem with them sleeping in. If we have to be somewhere early, I'll wake them up to go. And during the school year, everyone is up by 7:30 so we can take the older ones to school. As my kids get older and are wanting to sleep til noon, maybe then I'll worry about it but for now, they need their sleep so I let them sleep.

Mine sleep as late as they want...LOL. It's just not a big deal in our house. We're very relaxed in the summertime, not only about bedtime but about waking up too.

Normally, my kids get up at 6:30-7 simply because I have to go to work.. When I don't have to go to work, they can sleep in as long as they want to. They normally don't sleep much later than 7-7:30 on their own, but if they wanted to sleep past 10, I would let them. I figure once they grow up, they won't be able to just sleep in as long as they want because it's summer, so I let them now. Bedtime is the same way, they can stay up as late as they want.. They are normally in bed by 10-10:30 though.

By 10am I would be worried that something is wrong with my kids! Mine typically are up around 8 - 8:30 in the summer.

we do sleep in but only really till 8 -8:15 during the school year they are up no later than 7am!

There have been a lot of late nights lately with fireworks etc so I want them to sleep in!!

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