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Sleep, stories and small bedtime victories

Practical advice and research explained for gentler bedtimes — from the team that invents stories for your children.

Your Child's Name in the Story: Marketing Gimmick or Real Lever?Stories
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Your Child's Name in the Story: Marketing Gimmick or Real Lever?

From five months old, a baby's brain responds differently to their own name. When the story's hero shares the child's name, attention, engagement and even learning change. Here is what research says about personalisation.

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Audio Stories: What Happens Inside a Child's Mind While Listening?Learning
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Audio Stories: What Happens Inside a Child's Mind While Listening?

With no pictures to look at, a child's brain makes its own. Neuroscience shows that listening to stories intensely activates the imagination networks — far more than screens do. A journey inside young listeners' minds.

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Screens Before Bed: Why They Delay Sleep, and What to Replace Them WithScreens
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Screens Before Bed: Why They Delay Sleep, and What to Replace Them With

A tablet or cartoon before sleep: nearly all studies point to delayed, shortened, lower-quality sleep. Here is what happens — and the alternative that genuinely calms children down.

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Stories and Language Development: a Million-Word Head StartLearning
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Stories and Language Development: a Million-Word Head Start

A child who hears stories every day will have heard over a million more words than a child who never does by the time they start school. Here is why that changes everything.

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Helping Your Child Fall Asleep Faster: the Bedtime Routine That WorksSleep
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Helping Your Child Fall Asleep Faster: the Bedtime Routine That Works

Thirty, forty-five, sometimes sixty minutes to fall asleep? Sleep research is clear: a consistent bedtime routine can turn that nightly marathon into a few-minute ritual. Here is how.

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The Benefits of Bedtime Stories: What Science Actually SaysSleep
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The Benefits of Bedtime Stories: What Science Actually Says

Calmer sleep, richer vocabulary, a stronger parent-child bond: the bedtime story is one of the most well-documented rituals in child research. Here is what the evidence shows.

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