"What's the dark, Mummy?"

[sbisson]

Apparently 98% of British children don't sleep in total darkness...

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[jaq.livejournal.com]

Silly parents.

I was going to say something about darkness in my home, but then remembered it's quite well lit by all the glowing LEDs on the various bits of equipment. When I wake up in the middle of the night the light from the clock on the hifi is enough to see my way round the bedroom.

[gothwalk.livejournal.com]

"A third of parents surveyed said that they believed that children did not notice the change in light when the clocks go forwards or backwards."

That is outright freaky. And if you've never seen total darkness, I wonder how you react to it?

[muninnhuginn]

And then they wander outside at night and, bathed in street lighting, security lighting with the orange glow filling the horizon, repeat the question. I think I can read in the back garden in the middle of the night just with the overspill from the security lights in the nearby car park.

Really ought to put LL's night light back on the timer as it used to be.

[whotheheckami.livejournal.com]

I love the dark and had quite a battle with Mendi over switching the nightlight off in Alexi and Ivan's room when they were younger.

[stillcarl.livejournal.com]

The vast majority of UK children have never experienced total darkness because parents surround them with artificial lights, a survey suggests.

Hmmm. And can they also say that the vast majority of UK children have never experienced a power blackout during the night?

[the-gardener.livejournal.com]

I'm reminded of a remark my younger sister once made, when she was much, much younger, when my parents proposed removing the night light from her bedroom -- "But I need to see to go to sleep!"

[tanais.livejournal.com]

If its a cloudy night then if we walk the dogs at night you *need* a torch -- we are miles from streetlights tucked on the edge of a forest. Midnight and full moon is wonderful in Januaty as the air (not just the floor glitters) and I've seen several moon-generated icebows as well!

Indoors I switch off my Hifi (Valves) and aside from the Apple Airport -- the only light is the eerie glow of the UV water filter/steriliser.

Highly rcommend living by the light of the day. Its a very strange situation to be hurrying up the days chores before we lose the light at 3:00pm in midwinter

[bohemiancoast.livejournal.com]

We live in the loom, so there's not a lot of dark round here. M prefers to sleep in broad daylight and complains bitterly in darkness, even to the extent of not being able to get back to sleep if it's too dark. J prefers to sleep in dark; and it was pretty damn dark in our hotel rooms in the US, the Madison one in particular.

[pickledginger.livejournal.com]

I went back and forth when I was a kid - either couldn't sleep without the light on, or couldn't sleep with a speck of light anywhere to be seen. Must have driven my parents mad!