12-Year-Old Claims Parent Is Being 'Unfair' for Shutting Off Devices Before Midnight Bedtime
The parent said the child had a "meltdown" and told them that all of their friends did not have bedtimes
The parent said their wife asked them to compromise with the childA 12-year-old and her parent are not seeing eye to eye about bedtimes.
One of the parents shared in a post on Reddit's popular "Am I The A------" forum that their 12-year-old daughter recently started complaining about having a bedtime set and having her devices shut off by 11:30 p.m. during her summer vacation.
The parent noted that they had programmed her devices to 'start turning off at about 10:30 p.m,' with her iPhone shutting off first followed by her 'iPad, consoles and computer, then T.V.' They noted that all devices were usually shut down by 11:30 p.m., just in time for her bedtime at midnight.
'I think that's more than reasonable for a kid her age, especially during the summer,' the parent wrote.
However, the child was not happy with this arrangement and recently had a 'meltdown,' telling her parent that they were 'mean' and weren't 'being fair,' especially since it was summer. They said their daughter started 'crying' and told them it was 'unfair because 'literally ALL' her friends stay up late' and don't have bedtimes.
'I tried to stay calm and just let her vent,' the parent said. 'I don't want her staying up late because it's nothing but trouble, especially online, and I don't want her sleeping away her summers by staying up all night.'
The parent noted that their wife said that they should compromise with the child, which prompted them to turn to the internet for advice. Several people sided with the Redditor, noting that their rules were perfectly fine.
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One person commented, 'A 12 year old cannot be trusted to have the discipline to regulate their own sleep hours. 12am is already an extremely generous bedtime.' While another chimed in saying that the parent has 'set a developmentally appropriate boundary and bedtime.' They added, 'Midnight is more than reasonable during the summer.'
Some people even voiced their thoughts that the bedtime was actually too late. One person wrote, 'I thought you were going to say you make her go to bed at 7. No devices after 10:30 is more than reasonable for a 12 year old.'
Another said, 'That's not early, that's a late bedtime, even for summer. [In my opinion] a reasonable bedtime for summer would be 10 p.m. with electronics taken at [9:30 p.m.]'
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