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Quiet Time: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 09/02/2010 - 2:43am.
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February 1942. "Midday nap. Nursery school of Farm Security Administration camp at Harlingen, Texas." 35mm negative by Arthur Rothstein. View full size.
Ah, the memories
Submitted by Hazel Edmunds on Sun, 09/05/2010 - 6:00am.
I can clearly remember having a canvas-covered frame like this for sleep time in my first year at school as a four-year-old in the UK. I don't remember having a blanket or cover of any kind though. This doesn't seem to happen with kids these days except in nursery facilities which is why my four-year-old goddaughter is always so tired by bedtime.
Opie is awake
Submitted by Yooler on Thu, 09/02/2010 - 9:32pm.
If you told me that this was Ron Howard as a kid, I wouldn't argue.
Always one
Submitted by jimmylee42 on Thu, 09/02/2010 - 1:43pm.
I suspect in just about every daycare, there is that one child who won't fall asleep during naptime.
Do kids still take naps like this in the USA?
Submitted by higgins1990 on Thu, 09/02/2010 - 12:11pm.
I ask, because at my son's day care in Russia the kids sleep from noon to 3.
Life of Riley
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Thu, 09/02/2010 - 11:01am.
When I was in half-day afternoon kindergarten in 1953, we had nap time. However, we had to bring in our own rugs and sleep on the hardwood floor. One of the girls (probably a future hippie) brought in a bedspread, which resulted in commune-style napping.
40 years later
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Thu, 09/02/2010 - 9:13am.
I was having MY naptime in Harlingen!
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