Ensure there are not a lot of distractions in your child's room that might prevent an easy sleep time. Sometimes it helps to allow your child fifteen minutes of quiet reading time before lights out. What works best though, is establishing your routine and ensuring that you stick to it. Some parents thought that the toddler years were the most challenging for getting a child to bed, only to find that the preteen and early teen years are truly the most difficult. At this stage, you can send your child to bed repeatedly only to find them up again wandering through the house because they have remembered something else that they need to do.
Homework needs to be completed at a certain time each day.
Set-up a special homework area within your home and ensure that your child is spending the specified time actually completing their homework. Have your child communicate that need to their friends, and do not allow them to take calls after the specified time. Exercise and overstimulation prior to bedtime can make sleep difficult for your child. Ensure that here is a relaxation downtime after an especially stimulating activity. As with adults, bathing before bedtime can help put a child into a sleep frame of mind.