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The bedtime gateway

“All I can get out of my daughter these days is that she’s ‘fine’ and ‘nothing really happened’ during her day.” “My daughter’s not happy, I know she isn’t.  But either she can’t, or else she just won’t, tell me why.” “She used to tell me everything – too much sometimes – but now I [...]

Posted on 19 March 2013
Musings: Parenting girls, Parenting teenagers
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Teen Need for Sleep

Did you know that teens need an hour or two more sleep than children or adults, but they get less than either? And that they become night owls for a bit, feeling drowsy later and needing to sleep in longer? And that over three-quarters of teens are officially sleep-deprived. Here’s the tricky thing: – Teens [...]

Posted on 14 November 2012
Musings: Parenting teenagers
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Night Life Skills

Once you have your own act together on getting enough sleep, you can see about your children’s night-time habits. What would it take for your children to look forward to bed-time? For mine it is the promise of the next chapter of our bedtime story, and this is true for all three of them, even [...]

Posted on 22 September 2011
Musings: Parenting girls, Parenting teenagers
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A Good Night’s Sleep

I believe that settling in the evening and getting a good night’s sleep is one of those important life skills. For this reason I would like to equip each of my children with the self-knowledge to sleep easily and well, most nights anyway. Bed-time routine is not just for toddlers! I need one, you need [...]

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Posted on 22 September 2011
Musings: Parenting girls, Parenting teenagers
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