Too Sensitive
Can we embrace being “too sensitive” as a strength in children? Maybe the world we be a better place if we embraced our unique differences.
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Sleep and Vacation
Whenever I’m on vacation, I lose sleep over these two things: • If I sleep to get back in sync with the local time, I miss the local vacation experience. • If I force myself to stay awake and not sleep, I’m bad company PLUS miss the local vacation experience....
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Bedtime Rituals: Training for Sleep
Who would have thought that we’d have to go into “training” for a good night’s sleep? But in the twenty-first Century, when we are overwhelmed with electronics and subtle, incessant stressors, sleep is one of those necessities for which we have to go into training....
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Managing Bedtime Curtain Calls
There’s nothing charming about bedtime curtain calls. Not for parents. Not for caregivers. When bedtime curtain calls begin, they’re not an opportunity for a parent to applaud a child for a job well done, or for some spontaneous expression of that child’s unique...
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Shakespeare and Sleep
William Shakespeare’s birthday celebration is Saturday, April 23. We know Shakespeare was born in April, we’re just not absolutely certain of the exact date. We do know that his baptism is recorded as April 26, 1564. In one of those eerie historical synchronicities,...
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Pursuit of Happiness
“One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child.” Maria Montessori It’s a bit of a mouthful, this quote. What Maria Montessori is saying is happiness is the best measure. For teachers, happiness is the best measure for curriculum...
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Streamline your bedtime routine
Could you bedtime routine be streamlined? Take a moment and ask yourself this question: Is my bedtime routine too long? I know, you’re thinking I’ve got to be kidding with this one. Bedtime routine too long? Really? Looking at the posts on Scary Mommy like this...
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Simplify Family Life
Want to simplify your family life in 2016? Add or enrich a routine. This post revisits Sleepytime Club's post from September, 2015. Last week's post had an easy way to acquire new habits in 2016. Does your family have consistent routines in place? WHen it comes to...
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Build Family Relationships at Bedtime
Your family bedtime routine not only is key to good sleep and good health…it builds your family relationships.
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Bedtime Books About the Night
What is cooler than the night? Particularly for a kid. Which makes bedtime books about the night something to really delight in at tuck-in time. Here’s a list of 5 gems to read at tuck-in time.
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