Bed times for 7-11 year olds

[Chocaholic]

My 8 year old goes to bed at 8pm. He reads to me from his reader, I read a chapter from whatever book we are reading currently and then lights out. It is no later than 8.20pm usually.

[AnyDream]

Our bedtimes are a little variable, but DD who is 7 usually goes to bed in the hour from 7.30 to 8.30 (depending on our - but she sleeps until 7-7:30. We have a dark blinds/curtains so that the sun doesn't wake her too early in summer.

When DD1 was around 11-12, she was going to bed around 8.30-9.00, but she was allowed to keep the light on for reading for about half an hour. Absolutely no screens of any sort, though, the blue light keeps kids awake. We're also really careful with what lighting we have in their bedrooms - no cfls, warm white low wattage LED globes are best. And then turn them off so the kids are sleeping in total darkness.