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Children Sleep Under the Cover of Night
It’s seven-fifteen and pitch black outside. We’ve had a long, busy day and we’re ready for the kids to go to bed.
“Time for bed,” my husband says. “It’s late.”
It’s actually still an hour before their usual bedtime, but our kids can’t tell time yet – at least not on our dining room clock with the Roman numerals, and they don’t think to look at the other clocks – so they don’t catch us in the lie.
By Anjie ReynoldsSay a Little Prayer
Despite my numerous warnings about its scary and rather unscientific nature, Carl really wanted to see “Jurassic Park III” because it features his favorite dinosaur — Spinosaurus, a prehistoric predator bigger than T-Rex.
He waited impatiently for the copy I reserved to arrive at the public library next to us.
He watches it halfway from the hallway ready to dart behind the wall when a dinosaur approaches. Afterwards, he decides to sleep with us. I don’t mind. I would be scared, too, to be by myself.
“Are you scared?” I ask when he snags close to me.
“No. The nightmare will come later,” he explains. Continue… »
By Dilyara Breyer
