# Is staying up late inherantly "bad" somehow?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [May 14, 2002, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-staying-up-late-inherantly-bad-somehow/108938 "2002-05-14T01:03:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-staying-up-late-inherantly-bad-somehow/108938/41 "2002-05-17T18:06:11Z")

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It’s interesting how different people’s perspectives are, based on their own experiences.

When my parents come to visit me, they consisder me slightly lazy because if left to my own devices I tend to get up at 9:30 am. I’m sure lots of you would consider that outrageously early!

Before they retired, they got up at 5:30 am every day – for decades. In their retirement they allow themselves to “sleep in” – to 7 am.

Ed

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**Author:** ![EchoKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@EchoKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EchoKitty)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-staying-up-late-inherantly-bad-somehow/108938/42 "2002-05-17T18:14:34Z")

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I love to get up at about 3:30, go grocery shopping, and then come home and go back to bed. Of course, I can only do that on the weekend, but it just makes for the best sleep! Then you still have the whole day to do daytime stuff!

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**Author:** ![Theobroma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@Theobroma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Theobroma)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-staying-up-late-inherantly-bad-somehow/108938/43 "2002-05-17T18:24:04Z")

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**CaGiva650** says:

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> Well said, but have you seen the schlock that is on TV late at night? If the program is half decent the commercials completely suck, regardless of the channel.
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> Let the kids decide for themselves when its bedtime if that works for you but I would not let a young child keep a TV on in their room late into the night.

Remember, I don’t sleep much, either, so I know what he’s up to. He doesn’t have a TV in his room…he sneaks downstairs to watch Cartoon Network, then falls asleep in front of Dragon Ball. We don’t get any “dirty” channels, and anything non-animated bores him silly, so I think I’m pretty safe for now.

I’m always hoping that he’ll start reading more when he can’t sleep, but I can’t force him. Maybe next year…_sigh_

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