Today, our Parents Panel talked about how to improve the bedtime routine. What is your best advice for preventing arguments at night?

Categories: Kids, Preschoolers
Jennifer Gish

3 Responses

  1. LindaW517 says:

    My son’s are grown now and usually stay up later than I do if they are even home when I go to bed. When they were younger we did have a few routines that made bedtime smooth.
    With twin sons growing up with ADHD even simple tasks could be lessons in frustration and usually took much longer than was necessary. Bedtime was not one of those tasks. From infancy through high school the boys had a set bedtime. Kids who have difficulty focusing and are easily distracted do very well with an established routine. The other thing that eased bedtime was allowing them to quietly read or talk to each other until they fell asleep. One of my boys could not fall asleep unless he read, even if only for a few minutes. On occasion they would get a little silly but generally they were quiet and fell asleep within 15 minutes of going to bed.

  2. Tracy Cormen says:

    Never use bed as a threat (if you don’t behave you will go to bed). If they don’t view it as a bad thing, they may even like to go to bed.

  3. What does anyone else think about this?