I used to stay up all night to read, too late for my own good and my parents eventually started taking away every light source at 10pm or so (that's when I was less than 11, so it was really late enough).
I ended up collecting toys that glow in the dark, I would recharge them until 10 next to the light, and managed to read with them for a few minutes more (not much longer I guess). Under white bedsheets I would have enough light to be able to labouriously read sufficiently large-printed letters.
I guess my point is just that some kids absolutely do need some limits even for reading and other "good" activities, and they will use any means they can find to work around the limits you give them.
I ended up collecting toys that glow in the dark, I would recharge them until 10 next to the light, and managed to read with them for a few minutes more (not much longer I guess). Under white bedsheets I would have enough light to be able to labouriously read sufficiently large-printed letters.
I guess my point is just that some kids absolutely do need some limits even for reading and other "good" activities, and they will use any means they can find to work around the limits you give them.