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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My really close time with my kids is bedtime. In particular my 10yr old. Each night we have a ritual that lasts about 20min. He gets in bed, sometimes I read his book out loud to him (Harry potter right now). I spend some time scratching his back and rubbing his head. This is when he opens up to me and tells me what is really going on in his life...what is bothering him, what makes him happy, how he feels. This time is so precious.

Im home from work at 5pm, so I have lots of time, but it's the quiet of bedtime when the real communication occurs. I dread the day he doesn't want to be tucked in. Maybe it will morph into us talking in the family room after dinner.

I do the same with my 6yr old, but he's more rushed. I read to him and he (oddly) likes to be ticked before bed, as it relaxes him, and had been the case since he was a baby. I've always ticked him since he was 6 months old and he would fall right asleep...something about that is a release doe him.[/quote]

This post made me smile. [/quote]

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