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Unfortunately, I have a child who doesn't sleep.

Thinking about the heartbreaking number of young children around the world who think they are unwanted and are uncared for can easily keep you awake at night.

We are such stuff as dreams are made on; and our little life is rounded with a sleep.

There are certain realities we must speak of with our children that were not present when I was a child.

The world is so different for a child, waking in the mornings, wide-eyed and ready to take it all in.

My father was sleepless most of his life. So by the age of five, I was awake with him all night long, watching bad television or we'd lie in the same bed, and I'd read my comic books while he read his latest spy or mystery novel.

There is no reason we should expect young children to enter the nocturnal darkness of sleep and dreams without help.

I'm always without sleep. I've got two kids. I understand sleep deprivation on a profound level.

When children are very young, you read them books that are positive to help them go to sleep. But there comes a moment when they begin to understand the difficulties of the world. They know there are problems and the books they read should reflect that, not gloss over them.

We had a kid. The kid was awesome. She didn't fall asleep easily. We complained about it. We got frustrated. But we didn't look for an out. We just accepted that this was part of parenting.