My friends with kids are always discussing the pros and cons of a strict bed-time, letting their child sleep in their bed, use their electronics, choose their own babysitter, etc.

Krissy Pozatek LICSW, author of The Parallel Process, has an interesting article called Securing the Fence: How Boundaries Allow Your Children to Feel Safe and Flourish in the Nov/Dec 2010 issue of the Lincoln Family Association Newsletter.

Apparently, our parents had good reason to send us off to bed at 7 p.m.!