A mum has sparked debate after revealing she sends all four of her children to their rooms at 7.30pm every night so she can have ‘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 tucked away to sleep before 7pm, while her two eldest children – aged nine and 12 – are both given marching orders to go to their room at 6:30 PM for an hour to give her and her husband time to catch up.
‘Nine times out of ten they don’t even want to be 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 hit back, saying she should ‘never spend time with her children’.
“Just because people have children doesn’t mean you shouldn’t have a marriage too,” she explained.
Claire Ghana (pictured) from Sussex revealed that her four children are in their rooms at 6.30pm so she and her husband can spend quality time together
After revealing her children’s schedules, many parents hit out at the mother, with one person writing: ‘No kids after 6:30pm. Do you spend any time with them?’
Claire hit back saying there are more than 24 hours in a single day, adding: ‘Do people think I look at my children in closets and have no relationship with them?
‘If I have the children all day, let’s say on the weekend, my husband works, [then] yes, I’m going to say that now is a quiet time to go to your room.’
She added, “They go to their room for an hour and a while. It won’t kill them all day long.’
‘Every parent is different. Every family is different and that 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 things are going well. My kids don’t need to be sent to their rooms at 6:30. We all spend our evenings together,” came a second.
A third added: ‘My marriage is thriving, my 10 and 12 go to bed at 9, my 16 year old whenever she wants.
‘You let your children enjoy them young for a quarter of your life.’
Another asked, “When does your husband get to see them while he’s at work?”
“Do people think I look at my children in closets and have no relationship with them at all,” she said, hitting back at a negative comment
While some remained critical of the mother of four, many defended her, saying they do the same with their own children
But many others came to Claire’s defense, with some saying they admired her parenting.
“I admire you Claire,” said one: “You need house rules and time for yourself. You’re a brilliant mother.’
A second joked: ‘My son is in bed at 6.30pm and asleep around 7.45am. I don’t see the problem with them having to sleep there, they’re two and a half.’
‘My children go to bed at seven o’clock. My brain needs time to recover,” one parent added.
Another said: ‘My son goes to bed at 7pm on a school night, weekends weren’t really busy as long as it wasn’t too late! They need rules! We need our time!!”