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Bribing really works in matters of bedtime. Credit: Getty Images
Desperate times call for desperate measures, so leave it to the Brits to come up with a secret weapon for parents to win the bedtime battle: Bribe the little brats.
The British company Munch Bunch recently released a study of 3,000 British parents, showing that more than one in five moms and dads resort to bribing their kids to go to bed, London's Daily Mail reports.
Parents surveyed say it takes them more than an hour to haggle and negotiate with their kids before turning the lights off, an evening ritual more than one third of the parents say is more stressful than their daily commute to and from work, according to the newspaper.
"'Bedtime can be a real nightmare, a constant battle of wills," Kate Evans, a mother of two sons, ages 4 and 8, tells the Daily Mail. "I work all day in the office and come back home tired, but putting the boys to bed is the hardest part of my day."
Bribing tactics include, according to the Daily Mail:
- 17 percent of parents say they promised a later weekend bedtime
- 28 percent let the kids watch TV "a bit more"
- 6 percent bribed the little tykes with brownies, cookies and other sweets
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4-19-2011 @ 5:24PM
Tina said...People make parenting way harder then it should be. Dont want to turn off the tv, turn it off for them, same for the ds and any other mediums they have that make it so hard to tear themselves away from. No im not a parent just the nanny, and babysitter that you hire bc your kids listen so well to and love like an aunt.
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4-20-2011 @ 4:42PM
Rebecca Jackson (GoodParentGoodChild) said...GoodParentGoodChild™ offers a simple solution to this problem. They have coordinating books – one book for adults and one on the same topic written just for kids! It’s amazing how well this system works. Get the whole family on the same page today.
The books are called Good Night and Matilda & Maxwell.
Both are available at www.GoodParentGoodChild.com
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