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Can A Child Be Allowed To Stay Up Late At Night? Is That Harmful In Anyway?

My daughter is 15 years old and cyberschooled. Her bedtime, along with her 3 younger siblings, is 10PM on weekdays, 11PM on weekends. She gets excellent grades, never has had a B, works independently, but...she wants to not have a bedtime. She's frustrated that she can't stay up later because her friends do and she gets left out of things. She feels that if her grades don't suffer, that she should be able to stay up later. I can agree with this a little bit, since she's cyberschooled she can sleep late and she has swim practice until 8:30 which ruins any chance to get in talk time afterwards. Do you have any reasons why I should let her stay up later? Any reasons why I should not?
Mon, 28 Oct 2013
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Hi,
Thank you for asking question on health care magic
She can stay awake late if she can, but not because her friends remaining awake till late night
Different people will have different habits
Some work late nights and some sleep early, get up early morning
Let her not change her habit for others
Hope this answer will serve your purpose
Please feel free to ask any more queries if required
Take care
Dr.M.V.Subrahmanyam MD;DCH
Associate professor of pediatrics
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Can A Child Be Allowed To Stay Up Late At Night? Is That Harmful In Anyway?

Hi, Thank you for asking question on health care magic She can stay awake late if she can, but not because her friends remaining awake till late night Different people will have different habits Some work late nights and some sleep early, get up early morning Let her not change her habit for others Hope this answer will serve your purpose Please feel free to ask any more queries if required Take care Dr.M.V.Subrahmanyam MD;DCH Associate professor of pediatrics