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I feel like there's so much to say; like we haven't talked in ages.  (1) Parenting My six-year-old granddaughter draws a stick figure picture of herself running away from my son. In the picture he's counting down: Five, four, three, two, one. Bedtime . He posts that he has no recollection of doing this, counting down. I remember it. He and his brother are six, their sister, four. Me: Better be in bed at the count of one. There's a thrill to this intervention, despite the total lack of consequences. The magic of counting down to bedtime is that it is a competition. Can I beat the parent? Can I make it to bed before he says, One ? And a kid needs a good reason to run, not walk to bed, because running is fun and walking is not, and it is much more fun jumping into a bed, feeling the fluffy pillows and covers receive you. Probably the best reason for the countdown, however, at least from the kid's perspective, and maybe my son knows it, maybe he doesn't, is that ...