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School reopens on Wednesday and the World Cup knockouts are on in the middle of the night

sunny_compass_798

Our son is 14 and has watched nearly every group match this month, mostly at hours I'd rather not think about. Summer holidays, so we let it go. I watched a fair few with him, I'll admit. School starts again this week, class 9, and the knockout games here are mostly late night or before dawn. He's proposing a deal: weekends free, weeknights only 'big games', whatever those turn out to be. What would you agree to? I'm the wrong person to be strict about this and he knows it.

2 comments

  • moss_marigold_6629

    we let ours watch one live match a week on a school night and the rest as highlights in the morning. she complained for two days, then decided she liked highlights at breakfast

  • hazel_veranda_8510

    Write the actual list now, not 'big games'. Pick which matches count before the knockouts start, so you're not negotiating at 1 am. Our son agreed to three, plus the final, which was never up for discussion. And the school bus doesn't care who won.

    • amber_sandal_9925

      The list worked for us during a cricket series. Our daughter picked her matches and stuck to them better than I expected, because she had chosen them herself.

    • sunny_compass_798

      Writing the list tonight. He's sitting next to me watching the pre-match show, so the negotiation has already started.

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