Bedtime

I miss the good ol' days when my children went to bed at 8 and understood that they were to be quiet and go to sleep. Now I have far too many children up until way too late...there is never a moment's peace. Many kind friends have told me that these will be the years I am going to miss--I think that is a lie! How is it possible that everyone has laundry to do at 9 o'clock at night, homework they forgot about at 10, AND why do all my children ask me to wake them up instead of using the alarms I have so generously provided? Bill Cosby described children as brain damaged! I agree!!!