"No, really, Dad, I don't need nine hours of sleep!"

Snoozy

They say that when kids are going through their tweens their bodies and brains go through all sorts of moody, bizarre changes so rapidly it becomes a chore for parents just to keep up. Yesterday, on a long drive homeward, after telling me that she didn't think it was fair that I made her and her sister, who's only nine, go to bed at the same time because "My Mom lets me stay up late and I still get up on time and make it to school and I don't need nine hours of sleep, Dad!" Yamaraashi-chan promptly fell asleep in the back of the car.

She insisted when we got home that she wasn't tired. No sir, not at all.