Not exact matches
I wasn't able to spend a lot of time in the food area, it was way past lunch and nap time and the
kids were super
cranky, but I did pick up a few things that were recommended to me by my friend that was along for the shopping trip (
who just happened to have lived in Sweden and knew a lot about the goodies I was looking at!).
Lingering with
cranky babies too long or bringing them into the parents» bedroom can make them likelier to become poor sleepers, according to psychologist Jodi Mindell,
who gathered data on nearly 30,000
kids up to 3 years old in 17 countries.
Who has time to deal with a
cranky kid?
Here's why that's a problem: Late bedtimes lead to an overtired
kid who's
cranky and refuses to go to sleep.
You may want to stretch it out to two if the
kids are having a great time and no one needs a nap, but by the end of that stretch, you'll probably have a very tired and
cranky little one
who will be happy to get home to her own environs.
Kids who get to stay up late with their family and crash when their parents do are far more likely to be
cranky and miserable the next day.
Then there is another scene, set in 1989, at a home for neurologically impaired
kids, run by a kindly doctor
who explains to a
cranky dad and a less
cranky mom why their «different» son might have a better chance at adjusting to life in the world if he spends a summer at the institute.
Not to mention confused
kids,
cranky teachers, and parent volunteers
who forget they are there to help, not just hang with their own children.