DH wakes up at 3am to get ready for work, and I am a bear without at least 8 hours of sleep a night.

Our son is in bed at 8pm most every night. He can watch tv (he has a tv in his room) until 8:30pm, or on weekends, 9pm. Weeknight tv exceptions can be made if he asks first.

I have had a few problems, years ago, with the tv in his room. He is like me though : when he gets tired, even if it is not 8:30pm - the tv goes off. I am so proud that he does not abuse the tv and is mature enough (he is 10 and has had the tv in his room, with expanded basic cable, for almost 4 years) to handle the tv.