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[quote=Anonymous]Pretty much since last spring, bedtime has been a total nightmare with my 9 year old. She delays, complains she isn't tired, fights us on taking a shower (and she needs it, badly), says she is hungry, and every other excuse in the book.

We've tried incentives, consequences, routines, no routines, letting her create her own routines (which are untenable because they include playing Roblox until midnight  :roll:  ). Seriously, I dread bedtime every night.

Anyone else experiencing this? I'm thinking its somehow attached to how this pandemic has upended our lives. I thought it would improve with school restarting but now we have the added frustration of getting her out of bed in the morning in time to log on for class. (And she's up at a decent time on the weekends.)

I think a lot stems from ability to control (for her). Any tips or suggestions?  We had to take away use of the iPad last night for the next two days, and she has been in my office multiple times today complaining of boredom, and interrupting my work calls. [/quote]

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