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183: What I wish I’d known about parenting

Your Parenting Mojo - Respectful, research-based parenting ideas to help kids thrive

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The Importance of Early Bedtime

In our culture the one thing care work is valued more than is rest. I've heard mothers say things like oh my husband really doesn't do well when he doesn't sleep. Well that's us protecting and enforcing patriarchal power structures where the husband's needs and his paid work are seen as more valuable than our needs and our unpaid care work. What Jenny's also doing as she goes to bed early is acknowledging there are a finite number of hours in the day. She could spend some of those hours between 8pm and 10pm doing things like cleaning up or doing paid work. But that her need for rest is legitimate.

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