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zyzzbruh said:
Spot on.

We're in the helicopter parent super routine era unfortunately. Everytime the wife and I hang around friends like that they sap the absolute energy out of us, make every excuse under the sun not to live life, and they tend to be the most flustered and depressed of all. Try to avoid them at every opportunity

My 6 yr old and I come home at 2am after a post work/school fishing session on the odd week day regularly. He may get a day off the next day depending on the time, i get through the work day with a couple of coffees, and the next day he gets to tell his friends how many fish he caught. His bed time also gets extended to 11pm on Thursdays because he loves staying up with us whilst watching the footy.
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My daughter's usually in bed around 9/10pm and wakes up around 8/9am, friends can't understand how we manage to sleep in past 6am. The only thing I'll say about routines is when they work in your favour they're worth it - e.g. MIL when she looks after our one year old will often ignore our requests to give her a nap at certain times during the day, and when that happens she doesn't go to sleep until 11/midnight which is a nightmare. Obviously will change when she's a bit older.

I don't think I'll mind the odd late night, but also like the idea of not setting in an expectation or pattern of behaviour of staying up too late as it's nice having time after they've gone to bed where we don't have to parent!
 
SM said:
My daughter's usually in bed around 9/10pm and wakes up around 8/9am, friends can't understand how we manage to sleep in past 6am. The only thing I'll say about routines is when they work in your favour they're worth it - e.g. MIL when she looks after our one year old will often ignore our requests to give her a nap at certain times during the day, and when that happens she doesn't go to sleep until 11/midnight which is a nightmare. Obviously will change when she's a bit older.

I don't think I'll mind the odd late night, but also like the idea of not setting in an expectation or pattern of behaviour of staying up too late as it's nice having time after they've gone to bed where we don't have to parent!
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It's understandable needing a bit of routine to afford a break when they're between 1-2. But the amount of helicopters with 5+ yr olds who still treat them like babies is astounding. Their kids tend to act the most immature and emotional in the group too.
 

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zyzzbruh said:
It's understandable needing a bit of routine to afford a break when they're between 1-2. But the amount of helicopters with 5+ yr olds who still treat them like babies is astounding. Their kids tend to act the most immature and emotional in the group too.
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Last week, we took our Year 4's on their first school camping experience. An overnighter an hour down the road. Held the parent information session and the first question I got at the end was "How do I get in touch with you to see if my child is ok." I responded with "If you don't get a call from us, you know your child is ok". The principal added to this that they don't call the school up during the day to see if their child has settled in ok, so why would you need todo that for camp?

At the same time, these parents are the same ones that send their kids with a half a chemist full of "Just in Case" medication to drop off at the school without any parent supervision. Yes, that's right, they need to check their darling has settled in at camp safely but are happy to leave them unsupervised with a bag full of drugs that could put an elephant to sleep if it consumed them all.
 

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