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One of the things I dreaded most was a child waking me up in the middle of the night, tapping my shoulder and saying, “Mom, I can’t sleep!” Groggy and confused because I was in the middle of a dream, I then had to gather the energy to either endure the walk back to their bedroom that would then awaken me all the way, or allow them to crawl into bed but allow the very real possibility that I would be kicked awake by their movements while they slept.

I have also repeatedly had sessions that began like this: Two parents and their 4th grader sat across from me in early evening. They all have bags under their eyes and look slightly disheveled. As I talk with the child, I notice one parent’s eyes closing and the other one yawning. While the child answers my questions, the parent with closed eyes nods off. I suspect the other parent will quickly join their partner in........

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