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From: miller@h-sc1.UUCP (martin miller)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Kids in Parents' Beds
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Date: Wed, 15-May-85 23:20:54 EDT
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For several months when I was young, I was the kid climbing into my
parents' bed in the middle of the night when I couldn't sleep.  I don't
remember the motivation for it anymore (as if I knew it then?--part
of it was probably my incredible fear of thunder and lightning), but
I do know the solution that my folks tried on me, which I think worked.

They created a "sleep chart", which they hung in pretty fair view in
the kitchen.  Each night, they would "grade" me on my sleeping:
"Excellent" if I was not heard from, and lower grades if I was 
particularly difficult.  I guess there was enough pre-med in me at
the time to go for the high grades, because it worked.  It may not
work for the very young; but could be applicable to children
nursery-school age and up. 

I think I was about 4 years old at the time.  By the way, I *still*
think that my dad's bed is more comfortable than mine; and I can't
imagine why they didn't want me around.  :-}

-- 

Martin Miller
Harvard University Science Center

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