This is from an e-mail my mother sent me today. . .
Once upon a time there was an adorable, usually happy, little four year old girl. She was the delight of her parents, except at bed time! Even without an afternoon nap, she was never ready to go to bed! She would sneak out of her room and sit at the top of the steps while her parents were downstairs, watching TV in the family room. (Sometimes, the mother would lay down with her little daughter, trying to help her fall asleep, but she knew this couldn't happen every night.) When they discovered that she was leaving her room, their only option was to lock this cute little girl in, something her pediatrician had suggested. She hated that and would lay on the floor screaming and violently kicking her bedroom door, thinking they would somehow give in. The parents were amazed that the door was never damaged, and they were so frustrated that bedtime had become such a battle. They wondered if there would ever come a time when the child would climb into her bed, and stay there, and fall asleep without a major scene. I'm not sure when the story "ended" but I guess that little girl reached a point where she enjoyed going to bed!!
What is it that they say about paybacks?
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