If a mom thinks that's not listening to his body, I think what she wants him to listen to is the voices of her mother and grandmother saying "Why isn't he in bed?" to her. Luckily, my children can't hear the voices in my head.
There's probably some TV prejudice at work too. If a child fell asleep reading a book, I think parents would be charmed instead of critical.
photo by Shawn Smythe Haunschild
