A teacher from a school in the United States has caused a stir by sharing a graph that shows what time children should be going to bed.
Stacy Karlsen, a first grade teacher from Wilson Elementary School, in Wisconsin, posted the chart on social media. It has, naturally, divided opinion between parents, with some agreeing with the timings and others against them, reports the Mirror.
It has triggered discussion about sleep and how much of it children should be getting. But it has also stirred up a hornets’ nest, with some mums and dads rubbishing the idea of being told when to put their little ones to bed.
The guide claims that a seven-year-old, who needs to be up at 7am in the morning should go to bed at 8.15pm, while a 10-year-old getting up at 6.30am should be in bed by 8.30pm.
Stacy told Fox6Now that she couldn’t believe her initial post went viral. She said: “To me, it was a shock (that the post was shared so much).
“I didn’t make it up. I found it coming across my personal page and I thought, ‘Wow, this is super helpful’.”
Some parents agreed with Stacy that the chart was a useful guide. One mum claimed it “justified” the bedtimes she had already put in place for her little ones.
“I have four kids — and I catch a lot of flack for their bedtimes,” she explained. “I started out setting their bedtime years ago based on how much sleep they need... and I’m glad to see this chart justify the exact times we have already set.”
However, not everyone was quite so impressed with it. A different parent compared the rigid guidelines to being in the army.
He argued: “This isn’t the military and if I was to send my kids to bed at 7 at night they would be up at 4am. No thank you, plus I would never get to spend time with them after school.”
Another commented: “I’m sorry, but this chart is absurd. Who puts their kid to bed at 6.45?”
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