I think it’s worth devoting some time talking about sleep and establishing a good bedtime routine. Sleep is what I consider one of the Bare Bones that are necessary for physical and emotional regulation. Ultimately, it’s important for both adults and children to have a consistent, healthy sleep schedule. However, developmentally, kids are not able to regulate their bodies the way adults can. As adults, we forget once we are older what it feels like to be a child. We might like to stay up late on a weekend night and then sleep in to make sure we get enough sleep. Even if we don’t sleep in, we can check our bodies and figure out what we need to manage ourselves so that we can still function throughout the day. Children are not able to regulate their bodies so easily. For one, they really don’t know how to identify that feeling. Children live in the moment and
