Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums General Discussion Bedtime for 10 year old?

Our DS 11, also 6th grade does exactly the same thing. In bed by 9:15, but stays awake about an hour, sometimes more. I've been debating letting him stay up later. I even started reading to them before bed like in the old days to see if that would help soothe him. It doesn't seem to make a difference, but they like it, so for now, we're doing it.

He wakes up at 6:30 for school and proably about 1/2 to one hour later on weekends. He rarely seems tired during the day.

I suspect he's just thinking. I remember doing that as a kid, and as an adult before I had kids and became a person who's exhausted all the time.

Thank you for sharing your story. It makes me feel better about our son. Hopefully my post does the same for you.

My own personal experience as a HG youth - I stayed up and watched Honeymooners reruns at 11pm every night from about age 8-11, until I got a morning paper route that had me our delivering at 6:30, when I turned 12. That was just my personal sleep need, and it worked out fine.

My current DYS DD13 is in bed at 9:30, but usually still awake when I go up at 10-10:30, and she gets up at 5:45. Her older sister seems to sleep all the time. Just different physiologies. Unless there's some indication of a problem, I see no need to resort to meds. It's actually a bit worrisome that a doctor prescribed them if there was really no physical symptoms to address.