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Parenting Coach's Advice On Letting Kids Stay Up On New Year's Eve: Quick Study

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The Huffington Post Canada   First Posted: 12/30/11 05:53 PM ET Updated: 12/30/11 05:53 PM ET

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New Year's Eve is probably the only night parents let the "you can't stay up past your bedtime" rule slide. The Huffington Post Canada talked to parenting coach Terry Carson, to see if she thinks letting your little ones stay up with you is a good idea.

"I think children like to break the rules once in a while. For an occasion, I don't see this as too much of a problem.

There is nothing wrong with letting your kids stay up, but parents should prepare for the ones under five -- they will have a hard time going back to their sleeping schedule. Parents should also understand they [the kids] may not be sleeping in the next morning. Kids will likely get up early and be tired during the day. My advice? Both children and parents should take a nap during the day."


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07:02 PM on 12/31/2011
My sons got to stay up, not untill they were a little older. They would take a nap so then they were ready to go. Usually the next morning they were up at the crack of dawn. Later in the day they would have a short nap(I needed it more than they did)If they were to tired at night they would just go to bed themselves. Never had a problem with it. We would get sparkling water to toast the New Year. Never any booze.With that said,"HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE"
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iLdoRight
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04:54 PM on 12/31/2011
If you want your children to see what puppets other people are you could let them stay up one year or if you want them to be real special people you could just tell them, "This is just another fake "special" day that people like to pretend is something special, so we are just gonna treat it like any other day. Nobody actually knows when one year ends and when another begins because no one was there at the beginning of time to keep track till now, so don't ever be fooled by all the hoopla."
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05:23 PM on 12/31/2011
wow. you take cynicism to a new level.
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iLdoRight
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10:30 PM on 12/31/2011
Reality is what it is. There are things we are told that we just never bother to question unless a thought is presented in just the right way at just the right time when we have the freedom of mind to give it some quality thought, and if we think it through we may come to the conclusion that what we believe may not be true at all. For instance, the other day I saw on the news where a small island was going to skip Friday. Yes, they were jumping from Thursday to Saturday. No Friday that week because they were switching from one time zone to another so they could be in sync with other countries they did most of their trading with. So what day is today really? What was the first day? Has there always been a seven day week? Is this really Saturday, or do we just call it Saturday because we don't know what it really is and somebody way back when decided to call it such?
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Ken Bushway
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05:27 PM on 12/31/2011
Happy Holidays to you to man. Keepin the spirit you are.
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04:40 PM on 12/31/2011
Simple answer: I moved all the clocks up3 hours. It was dark. We counted down. Said HAPPY NEW YEAR. The kids went to bed.

Why are you all making this difficult?
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06:53 PM on 12/31/2011
flacon, you are brilliant!! I never thought of that. I used to have the boys take a nap. That way they were okay later on.
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04:05 PM on 12/31/2011
It's no problem as long as your children are accustomed to drinking coffee. Don't get excited...it has less side effects than other things many are taking to stay focused.
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MobahoJoe
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03:59 PM on 12/31/2011
Somebody has to help finish off all that beer otherwise I will lose all the money I spent on the keg.
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03:52 PM on 12/31/2011
Sure, because there's nothing more I like than dealing with whiny, overtired children when I have a hangover.
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JasonJM
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03:45 PM on 12/31/2011
I will see if she can stay up.
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03:37 PM on 12/31/2011
I always tried to stay awake but would always fall asleep. My Nana would wake me about 5 minutes before midnight so I could count down, then we would toast with ginger ale! By 12:05 I was back asleep. Kids really don't need more then that. I was always with my Nana - because that way my folks could have friends over without worrying about me. Didn't bother me one bit.
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cdnman
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04:38 PM on 12/31/2011
Many years ago when I was a kid, my Scottish Gran would open the front door and back door to let the new year in and the old one out...then she'd send me outside so I could be the first visitor (with a potato in my hand to bring in with me as a wish for enough food for the next year) Miss those old days, I do. We toasted with gingerale too (except my grandfather lol). F and F
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foresure
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03:32 PM on 12/31/2011
Some of my warmest memories were when my older brother was old enought to babysit on New Years Eve, but not old enough to leave the house.

My parents bought all the junk food we could eat, and let us stay up as late as we wanted.

I always considered one of the great things my parents did for us, and I am now a senior.
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jezoebel
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02:54 PM on 12/31/2011
File thus under No $#!+ Sherlock.
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02:51 PM on 12/31/2011
Bill Vaughan
"Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve.
Middle age is when you're forced to."
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glesslib
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02:50 PM on 12/31/2011
I saw the headline and felt I must ask. Really, such a momentous parenting question shouldn't just be answered by one person. Shouldn't a panel be gotten together to disucss this? Perhaps a new reality show called, "Should The Kids Get To Stay Up". Or perhaps a group of scientists could do research on this thorny subject. I mean, really?
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02:39 PM on 12/31/2011
I think New Year's Eve should be for adults and older teens.

Let the younger ones have some popcorn and watch a movie before going off to bed

slightly later than usual.
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jsmith567872
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02:36 PM on 12/31/2011
this has to be one of the stupidest articles ever written and laughable that a "parent expert" had to be sought out to even discuss this issue. This type of thinking is what fueled the failed "self esteem" movement and the same parents that seek this sort of information are probably the ones putting their children on medications and having their 6 year old see shrinks. So im sure if letting your child stay up has a negative affect on them, there is already a doctor on their check books ready to solve this problem.
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Commando98
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02:21 PM on 12/31/2011
Government could spend 400 Million$ to study this question or we could just let parents decide. I know my 9 yo daughter will be up with us.
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foresure
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03:34 PM on 12/31/2011
Commando98

You are way underestimating how much the Government would have to spend on that.

Remember it has taken billions, and billions more to discover that early childhood education is valuable.
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