A mum has caused debate after revealing she sends her four children to their rooms at 6.30 every night so she can “spend quality time with her husband”.
Claire Ghana, from Sussex, took to TikTok to explain to her 10,000 followers that her two youngest children, aged one and four, are sleeping before 7pm, while her two eldest children, aged nine and 12, receive marching orders to head to her rooms for an hour at 6:30 pm to give her and her husband time to “catch up.”
‘Nine times out of ten they don’t even want to be down here with us.
“Rules like this are the reason my marriage is thriving,” she explained in the video.
Claire said “quality time” is key. However, critics responded by saying that she “should never spend time with her children.”
“Just because people have children doesn’t mean they shouldn’t get married too,” he explained.
Claire Ghana (pictured) from Sussex revealed that her four children are in their rooms by 6.30pm so she and her husband can spend quality time together.
After revealing her children’s schedules, many parents attacked the mother with one person writing: “No kids after 6:30pm.” Do you spend any time with them?
Claire responded by saying that there are more than 24 hours in a singular day and added: ‘Do people think that I look at my children in closets and don’t have any kind of relationship with them?
‘If I have the kids all day, let’s say a weekend, and my husband is working, (then) yes, now I’m going to say now it’s time for you to go to your room quietly.’
And he added: ‘They go up to their room for an hour and a while. He will not kill them all day.’
‘Every parent is different. Every family is different and that’s what works for us.’
Many were quick to criticize the mother-of-four in the comments, with one writing: “6.30pm is tea time, not bedtime.”
’17 years with my husband and he is thriving. No need to send my kids to their rooms at 6:30. “We all spent the afternoons together,” a second chimed in.
A third added: ‘My marriage is thriving, my 10 and 12 go to bed at 9, my 16 year old daughter whenever she wants.
“You have your young children for a quarter of your life and you enjoy them.”
Another asked: ‘When will your husband be able to see you if he’s working?’
“Do people think that I look at my children in closets and I don’t have any kind of relationship with them?” he said, responding to a negative comment.
Although some continued to criticize the mother of four, many came to her defense, joking that they do the same with their own children.
However, many others flocked to Claire’s defense, with some saying they admired her parenting.
“I admire you Claire,” said one: “You need house rules and time to yourself.” You’re a brilliant mum.’
A second joked: ‘My son is in bed at 6.30pm and asleep around a quarter to seven. I don’t see the problem with them needing to sleep there, the two and a half years of him.
“My kids get up at seven and my brain needs time to recover from the day,” added one parent.
Another said: ‘My son goes to bed at 7pm on a school night, weekends aren’t too difficult as long as it’s not too late. They need rules! We need our time!!’