bedtime
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They don’t fall in and out of love, pick up groceries on the way home, read bedtime stories to their children or separate their recyclables.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Both of our husbands traveled for work a lot, so Scott and I spent hours together, especially before bedtime and during the “witching hour” with our little ones.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
"The children constantly ask for their father and struggle to comprehend why he isn't home for bedtime or take them out as he used to. He was a very loving, involved father."
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
They told ChatGPT their grandmother used to read them the recipe at bedtime to help them fall asleep.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
And now it’s dark enough to be Boo’s bedtime.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
"Visit the school, walk or drive past it, bring bedtimes back a bit earlier so it's not just a big start in the first week," he says.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Meanwhile, New York's Mayor Zohran Mamdani has signed a tongue-in-cheek executive order "temporarily repealing bedtimes" to encourage children to watch the late-night games.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
Short sleep and later bedtimes strengthened the relationship between screen time and cardiometabolic risk.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2025
Today, I still purchase physical comics to support my local comic shop, but I read most issues digitally, with my babies cradled close after bedtimes.
From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2024
No doubt Miss Lumley would advise all of us to stick to early bedtimes.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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