The nurse is teaching parents of a preschool child strategies to implement when the child delays going to bed. What strategy should the nurse recommend?
a. Use consistent bedtime rituals.
b. Give in to attention-seeking behavior.
c. Take the child into the parent's bed for an hour.
d. Allow the child to stay up past the decided bedtime.
ANS: A
For children who delay going to bed, a recommended approach involves a consistent bedtime ritual and emphasizing the normalcy of this type of behavior in young children. Parents should ignore attention-seeking behavior, and the child should not be taken into the parents' bed or allowed to stay up past a reasonable hour.
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