A bedtime is a popular parenting tradition in the West that involves, to a greater or lesser extent, rituals made to help children feel more secure, and become accustomed to a comparatively more rigid schedule of sleep than they'd sometimes prefer. It may involve stories, songs, nursery rhymes, and/or methods of coaxing the children into changing into their pajamas. In boarding schools and on trips or holidays that involve young people, the equivalent of bedtime is lights-out. Sometimes the term… (More on Bedtime)