I guess it has nothing to do with culture. Kids in Spain are able to play outside around 8pm coz of hot temperatures

It's way better to delegate the care of your children to a teenager babysitter who comes to your house for a few hours, so you can work or go out with your partner in the meantime.

100% agree

You cannot just generalize like that, yes the majority of spanish go to sleep later than the rest of you but we also have other timelines. My children go to sleep normally at 8/9PM and when i tell other mothers they gape at me couse theirs wont go till 11/12PM, not because they don’t try if you are a mom you will know how grateful we are when they finally go to sleep. On the weekends kids normally go to sleep later, this happens to me too, they normally are overstimulated.

Sorry Natalie but you are wrong. Children in Spain are usually sept off at that time of the night, don't make an exception become something usual. You are British, right? I've seen toddler up at night in London and I realized that's not common.

Kids who are awake quite late might also get up late. What’s the point in 7am to 7pm schedule if it’s not practical neither for parents nor for a child? Most time of the year the heat here only goes down after 7 pm and people are able to get out for fresh air. As long as kids gets their wake/sleep hours in balance and more or less aligned with the day light, they’re fine.

Don’t worry, im spanish and i feel exactly the same.

Don’t forget they have a long siesta in the afternoons, and often thete up at 10 pm to go out to play! It’s not wrong, just different

We live happily and learn the consequences of our actions at a young age😄 better forcing your kids to bed when it’s shinning bright outside whether they wanna sleep or not…