Tips From Parenting Expert Penny Warner To Help Make Sleepover Season Simple (NAPSA)—Thesleepover season is here, with children spending nights away from homeat friends’ houses, family vacations and camp. Sleepovers are considered a rite of passage for kids, but common fears such as making new friends, missing Mom and Dador experiencing bed-wetting can make kids hesitant about spending the night away from home. To ensure that yourchild is ready and confident to enjoy their next sleepover, GOODNITES disposable underpants teamed up with childhood expert Penny Warner, who offers some great advice and tips to help make nights away from homestress-free. If you’re hosting a sleepover: Go Over Guidelines Let your guests know they should treat your home just as they would treat their own. Develop a list of rules to make sure the sleepover goes smoothly. Provide Yummy Snacks Set up a make-your-ownminipizza station with toppings for the kids to choose. If the sleepover is for a birthday, celebrate with a decorate-your-own-birthday-cupcakestation. Make It Memorable Give kids memories of the sleepover by letting them decorate his or her own picture frames or scrapbooks. If you don’t own a Polaroid camera, take digital photos and offer to e-mail them to the parents to print and place in the frames. If sending your kids away to campor to a sleepover: Pack An Overnight Sack Be sureto include: —Comfy pajamas, pillow, sleeping bag andtoiletries —Glow sticks or flashlight—in case yourchild is afraid of the dark —Fun items—cards, activity books, craft supplies, board games. Prepare For Homesickness Let your child know that you will miss them, but overemphasizing this may make him or hernervous. Let your child know it is alright to miss homeand heor she can always talk about his or her feelings. Talk To Camp Counselors If your child experiences bedwetting (and 5 to 7 million kids in the U.S. do!), let his or her coun- selor know that your child is capable of taking care of the situation. Pack GOODNITES disposable underpants so he or she wakes up with confidence. They disappear under pajamas so other campers don’t have to know. Warner recommends that parents share their sleepover tips and tools with each other. In fact, GOODNITES Brand is searching for parents who have planned an enjoyable sleepover for their child. Whetherit’s a special snack they makeor a secret they have for getting kids to settle down before bedtime—parents can provide Dream Sleepover tips that work. Winners will be judged on the creativity of their ideas and one lucky family will win the ultimate Dream Sleepover package valued at $5,000. Select tips will be shared with other parents on goodnites.com. Visit goodnites.com for the official rules and to enter the GOODNITES Brand Dream Sleepover Contest, plus more sleepovertips, advice and information. Parents can also connect with doctors and other parents at the GoodMorning Club.
