Bedtime

Bedtime

A bedtime is a popular parenting tradition in the West that involves, to a greater or lesser extent, rituals made to help children feel more secure [ [http://www.practicalparent.org.uk/WINNING%20THE%20BEDTIME%20BATTLE.htm Dr. Scoresby, Practicalparent.org - "Winning the bedtime battle"] ] , and become accustomed to a comparatively more rigid schedule of sleep than they would sometimes prefer. It may involve stories, songs, nursery rhymes, and/or methods of coaxing the children into changing into their pajamas.

In boarding schools and on trips or holidays that involve young people, the equivalent of bedtime is lights-out.

Sometimes the term is used to mean simply "time for bed," similar to curfew.

ee also

* bedtime story
* ritual
* sleep cycle
*lullaby

References

External links

* [http://www.babycenter.com/general/baby/babysleep/7913.html Ideas for bedtime rituals]
* [http://www.bedtime.com/ Bedtime.com] - the "bedtime home page"
* [http://adoptive-parenting.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/bedtime-issues AdoptionBlogs.com] on Bedtime


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  • bedtime — [bed′tīm΄] n. one s usual time for going to bed …   English World dictionary

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  • bedtime — UK [ˈbedˌtaɪm] / US noun [uncountable] the time you usually go to bed Come on, kids – it s bedtime! I stayed up long past my bedtime. He was telling his son a bedtime story …   English dictionary

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  • bedtime — noun (C, U) the time when you usually go to bed: It s way past your bedtime! | a bedtime story …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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