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im a 13 year old female. my mom is very strict about "getting enough sleep" and i have a VERY early bedtime. i have to be off the computer by 8:50 pm and i have to be in bed and be watching a half hour tv show from 9:00 to 9:30. i HAVE to be sleeping by 9:30 pm. even if im not done with homework or want to read a couple more pages of my book, I HAVE TO BE SLEEPING. so i go to sleep at 9:30 pm and wake up at 6:45 am. I think i don't need that much sleep. my friends go to bed at 11:30 and they are still wide awake at school. and what makes it worse is that i have the SAME exact bedtime as my 9 year old sister. thats 4 years apart!! i don't think it's fair and i don't think its neccessary to be sleeping by 9:30 pm i feel if i went to bed at 10 or 10:30, i would still get the sleep i need. what time do you guys go to bed and do you think my moms being fair? how can i get my mom to change my bedtime? and shes very strict so i need some good ways to pursuade her with.

I WILL TOTALLY RATE.

Ahh. I remember the time when I begged my mom to let me stay up later when I was about your age. The best thing that you can do is talk to her. Don't be all whiny because that will really annoy her. Try to avoid saying 'Well, [sisters name] has the same bedtime as me!' and start throwing a temper tantrum. What I did was I stayed up 5 minutes later every night and my mom would sort of 'evaluate' how I was in the morning to see if I got enough sleep. She let me stay up 2 nights of the week [excluding weekends] and then eventually she let me stay up later. It's all in a matter of negotiating.

Hope I helped!

♥ SiMA

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