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Nights ask children to do the hardest thing: separate from you in the dark, alone, for hours. Bedtime separation anxiety is common and developmentally normal, and it responds well to a steady approach.
You had a good streak, and then life happened and the habit slipped. That isn't proof you can't do it. It's the normal, unglamorous middle part of building any lasting habit.
The need to control everything is rarely about power. It's usually about safety: a way of managing anxiety, past unpredictability or fear of things falling apart. Here is how to loosen the grip.
Worrying about the future feels like preparing, but most of it is rehearsing problems that never arrive. Here is why the mind does it and what actually helps you stop.
