Emma Stinson

Joined June 2021

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Homesick
Sometimes, I can still smell the orange trees. Cigarette smoke and the fruit stand on the corner, the taste of strawberries and fresh bread,
By Emma Stinson 4 years ago in Poets
The Bedtime Wars
I imagine in most homes with small, pre-pubescent children, bedtime is fairly synonymous with struggle. No small, healthy child I have ever met has ever wanted to go to bed, much less actually go to sleep, and I say this with relative certainty, as I have interviewed many children on this topic. Ninety-nine percent of children simply scoff at the idea of needing rest, and would much rather continue to play with their blocks and their toys long into the night and through until morning (and I’m fairly certain the other 1% were a bit under the weather, judging by their runny noses, but who am I to say?).
By Emma Stinson 5 years ago in Families