@WashedOutGundamPilot
Yeah, it's a fault of TV, not the fact, that the kindergarten/school starts at 7.
My oldest hasn't been getting up before noon all summer, whereas the youngest is almost always up at 7:00 sharp! 😂
@Bill_Boone @LukeAlmighty Let your oldest sleep well, their rhythms are inconvenient at that age but as long as they’re going to bed at a reasonable hour I’d let mine sleep as much as his body needs, provided he isn’t screwing with his waking hours gaming/chatting/etc.
I’ve noticed a lot of friends who are undersized, where they had tall parents and really big features like they’re supposed to be 6’X”, when I ask if they ever slept in HS they say “ah nah man I was always staying up all night playing halo ahahha”
Not sure if the fun is worth giving up such a valuable physical trait
@Rudolf_von_Goldenbaum @Bill_Boone @LukeAlmighty It really comes into focus when you see the Xbox 360 generation against their older brothers. When you see them all lined up side to side you wonder why the hell so many people born 5 years apart almost always have a height disparity.
When you’re a teen, your body has to use those growth plates in your long bones to break down the bone and re-build it over and over, like building a bridge extension while keeping traffic over it. The problem is that it’s very sensitive to activity, so it only starts work in the wee hours of the night when it’s sure you’re in a deep sleep. Way too many guys stay in a high energy state gaming, then pretend to go to bed at midnight just to spend the next 3 hours talking to girls and masturbating. A last-minute 2 hour nap isn’t enough for the body to start construction.
End result? You have guys who are 5’8, barely taller than their mother, while their older siblings are 6’4. But they all wear the same shoe size. I’m just trying to get the news out because there’s a very shitty, boomerite take that sleep is by its very nature lazy, and that’s not the case. Telling your kid “up and at ‘em lazy ass” when it’s not time sensitive and he’s able to do his work otherwise is just stealing his future happiness to make yourself feel better in the moment. The dating market is cruel, every half inch of height you take from him is one less grandchild to brag about to the rest of your friends at lunch in 12 years
@WashedOutGundamPilot @Bill_Boone @Rudolf_von_Goldenbaum
I have realized recently, just how much does it drive mothers mad, when the teen boys eat protein. A woman in a shop spilled, that her crazy son is willing to eat a sausage with milk.
Well? So what's the problem? I used to have a horrible sleep, but at LEAST my parents understood, that there is nothing strange about that I ate sausages, milk and mayo every other day. (And I am much taller then both of my parents.)
@LukeAlmighty @Bill_Boone @Rudolf_von_Goldenbaum That’s why he needs a father to back him up. Sometimes dad just has to cut in with “Ah, leave him be, he’s growing into a man, let ‘im fuel up accordingly”