I don’t understand why it’s so hard to be considerate. I don’t phone or text people if I think they’re likely to be asleep. That means not after 8:30 p.m. in my time zone (unless a later hour is pre-arranged), and not before 9:00 a.m. unless I hear from them first. How hard is this?
The youths make the choice to stay up later, even when they’re told I will be calling them at the standard 6:15 a.m. Choices have consequences. They can have naptime after lunch if they want.
You know my morning hours, so it’s OK to contact me, and you do. As for the evenings, I’m working on it. But if you text me, it will keep me awake longer! And sooner or later, my body will get the idea! Once I turn the light off, I still stay awake and play mahjong, so chances are good that I’d be awake until 1900. Just, last night, I was too exhausted.
But you’re right. We were taught to not call anyone before 0900 and I think the evening limit was 1930. But those were different times. I mean a different era.
The movie “The Ultimate Gift” is about a young trust-fund boy learning how to be a responsible adult. He spends some time on a ranch. When he first arrives he’s told what time breakfast will be and what time he is to start work. He’s late. This scene starts out with the rancher’s solution to the lateness.
You can watch the rest if you want, but I thought you’d appreciate the opening.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N576EK8sdcE