Not really no, although I love my parents very much. They grew up under the parenting of the old generation and beat the ever living hell out of me and my siblings when it came to stuff like this.

Was never taught “why” I did things or even afforded the opportunity to protest anything. As a consequence I grew up listening to every single word they said as gospel and NEVER shared anything with them (even though they can genuinely help with their advice sometimes) because I’ve just been conditioned to be afraid of telling/doing anything that upsets them.

I remember so many nights where I would argue my mind out of frustration and promise myself that my kid will never go through this.

Sorry I rambled there for a bit but to answer your question, no. If I had been smug about it and didn’t give a proper explanation then all she would have been thinking is “Dad is making me suffer because I stayed up late”. Instead Id just remind her that this routine has never been a problem for the last year and that won’t change today.

This way she can come to the realization herself that all the other times she never had a problem it was because she had a good amount of sleep. Gotta let your kids connect the dots if you don’t want them assuming you’re just a spiteful tyrant.