Vindication

Our kids go to bed pretty early, and bedtime is pretty consistent, barring the very occasional event or activity that requires getting home at hour X or Y (generally no later than 8 pm). I sometimes worry that I'm some sort of freak mother because of this fact; I'm not forcing them to go to bed (though Peabo would like to think so), I'm basing bedtime on precedent and result, frankly. It would seem, however, that a LOT of kids go to bed quite a bit later than ours, or have far more inconsistent bedtimes. Gene doesn't get to see the kids much except on the weekends, but I'm not going to keep them up until he gets home -- everyone will be fine.

Just read this article today, and if there is anything that underscores more my hatred of 'overscheduling' and parents who are afraid to be the "bedtime Nazi", I'd like to see it. Besides, if my kids weren't both in bed by 7 pm, I couldn't be zoning out on the couch with a glass of wine by 7:30.