Two Things

Am I the only person who gets my six year old into bed by 8:00?

All the kids in my neighborhood (who have to be at public school at 8:30 in the morning) stay out playing until 8:00 or later, that includes other six year olds. Some don't get home till 9:30 from wherever they were staying after school.

If they have to leave for school at 8:00 then they must at least get up by 7:30 (I am assuming they don't eat a breakfast bar in the car on the way to school). Don't six year olds need more sleep than that?

Z normally gets up around 7:00 and she starts getting ready for bed between 7:30 and 8:00, though she reads in her bed for a hour or more sometimes.

Tonight I was feeling guilty because after dinner she practiced her piano for half an hour and then she would have to get ready for bed. But through our windows I could hear some of the other girls in the neighborhood outside playing. I talked to Pere about it and we thought about maybe pushing her bedtime later on a permanent basis so she could play late with the other kids. Unlike them she can sleep in if she needs to.

When she was done with her piano lesson she asked if her Pere would play this piano game where one person asks a "musical" questions and the other person plays a musical answer.

I told her that if she wanted to she could go outside and play with the kids instead. She went over to the window and looked out and then said "No thank you. Can I play the question and answer game instead?"

*grin* So I guess I was feeling guilty for nothing.

Although she did spend 4 hours today playing at the park with her friends so I understand if she preferred making music with her Pere.