When Bedtime Feels Like the Hardest Part of the Day (A Note to Working Parents)
You’ve balanced meetings, deadlines, school runs, packed lunches, forgotten PE kits, traffic, dinner, homework, and the emotional needs of everyone else in the house. By the evening, all you want is calm. Rest. Quiet.
By the time bedtime arrives, most working parents are already running on empty. You’ve balanced meetings, deadlines, school runs, packed lunches, forgotten PE kits, traffic, dinner, homework, and the emotional needs of everyone else in the house. By the evening, all you want is calm. Rest. Quiet. And yet, this is often when things unravel. Your child doesn’t want to go to bed. They’re suddenly hungry. Or thirsty. Or worried. They need “one more story”. Or they cry, cling, argue, or melt down. It can feel deeply frustrating, especially when you’re exhausted yourself. But what’s happening at bed