Try these 10 connection-first bedtime phrases to reduce pushback, ease worries and help kids drift off feeling safe and loved ...
I bet you’ve heard something like this while putting your kids to bed for the night. Believe me, as a mom of three, my kids, aged seven and under, are always looking for ways to delay bedtime. My only ...
BOISE, Idaho — Kids and sleep; It can be a challenge for families. Pediatricians recommend that school-aged children need between 10 and 12 hours of sleep per night. This year, Taft Elementary in ...
If your kids say, “Can I have some water?”, “I heard a noise,” or — my favorite — “I’m not tired” as they rub their eyes and stifle a yawn, then you’re not alone. My 7- and 5-year-olds love coming out ...
It's the beginning of a lesson in good sleep. "Did you know that when you're sleeping, your body is not just doing nothing? It is so, so busy," said Carrie Black of Beyond Bedtime, the organization ...
I loved it when my mom read me bedtime stories when I was young. I think most kids do. My favorite was The Little Engine That Could. My mom said she could recite the book from memory; she had read it ...
Bedtime can often feel like a nightly negotiation between parents and children. Yet behind the protests and yawns lies one of the most powerful tools for a child’s emotional, cognitive, and physical ...
Meditation app maker Calm is no stranger to helping people sleep—users have played its bedtime stories more than 1 billion times in the decade they’ve been available. But with the new Calm Sleep app, ...
One in four parents describe getting their young child to bed as difficult -- and these parents are less likely to have a bedtime routine, more likely to leave on a video or TV show, and more likely ...
While flowers, brunches, gifts, and homemade macaroni art are all beloved ways to honor our moms, it’s the things we do year-round—in other words, our traditions—that mothers and their children tend ...