Bedtime Routine

The 30 Minutes Before Sleep Build Your Child's "Learning Brain" — But There's a Catch

A UK study of 50 families finds that consistent bedtime routines are linked to stronger executive function and school readiness in 3-to-5-year-olds — but a tight parent-child connection raises a chicken-and-egg question the researchers honestly confront.

Why a 10-Minute Bedtime Story Reaches All the Way to Middle-School Grades

A French team followed 664 children from kindergarten through middle school — about 10 years — and found that a language-based bedtime routine predicted middle-school exit-exam performance. The bridge across that gap was kindergarten-age vocabulary.