Saturday, December 15, 2007

I have young children and they cannot be awake until midnight

We get quite often the following Question at Brothers Caterers: I have young children and they cannot be awake until midnight. What can I do to celebrate the New Years with them?

Here are some suggestion from Michael Merlino of Brothers Caterers:

Many parents of young children fool their kids into thinking midnight has arrived by setting the clocks forward. You can turn the channel to a television station in another part of the world that is on a different time zone. Most small children do not realize the difference between nine o-clock and midnight. If you feel uncomfortable with the deception then just explain to them that they are not old enough to stay up until midnight. Children under the age of seven will fall asleep before reaching the magic hour. You can let them try to stay up as late as they can and chances are they will have the time of their lives just with that extra bit of freedom from a regularly scheduled bedtime.

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