i try to let my kids go to bed latest by 9.30pm, so that they can have theoratically 8 hours sleep since they need to wake up at 5.30am to catch 6.10am school bus and reach school at around 7.10am.


my 9.30 fails more and more frequently this year since p6 homework getting more and more. we don’t eat out; my kids don’t do shopping with parents; my p6 girl has one cca on friday; her school ends 1.30pm and the shool bus brings her home around 2.30pm; she has one tuition on sunday 1pm-2pm.

i write more and feel sad more, for my kids and all

daisyt:

As long as kids have 8 hours of sleep daily, I am fine. Unfortunately when come to sec school, this is never happening.

http://www.sleepfoundation.org/article/how-sleep-works/how-much-sleep-do-we-really-need

i guess 8 hours' sleep for kids is not enough...

can someone help to explain how "early" is just nice for kids?

Below are reasons collected in this forum for school morning session starting before 8am:

- parents would have enough time to get to their office after sending kids to school.
- avoid heat in classrooms.
- reduce traffic and human congestion.
- private bus can fetch kids then fetch workers.
- start later then end later which causes lesser time for homework.

To me all these sound reasonable for Mr. Convenience, but they are wrong to our next generation thus wrong to our Nation.

Kids need more rest than adults to grow well. Our current schools hours design, partially because of two sessions in early days, starts morning session too early. Our children don’t have the say but their body protest; it’s upto parents to change it.

Please help kids to help our nation.

Funz:

I would prefer for the schools to start later, like 8 or 8.30am so that the kids do not have to wake up like at 5.30am, but I suppose it will spell a lot of problems for a lot of working parents.

interesting...what problems will be if kids start aft 8?

and most of their parents after 8am?

i guess i am lucky. i work for something i really like and i am good at. i feel so happy at work, and i have my best friends around me.


that makes a job not a job.

fightingmom:

she will sip some water from her water bottle and she feels better.

thanks again! tomorrow holiday, my kids can try wed

taken the advice. 2 kids tried chicken essence, failed

both sip like 1cc (??), don’t like the tast.

i finished that 1 bottle - 2cc, money saved, but problem still there

fightingmom:

Also u can let them drink some chicken essence - it might help to increase their attention level in clAss

Thanks fightingmom...
no wonder i see many chicken essence posts here and there