Honestly? I have one of these kids, too.

I use NOTHING but natural consequences when I catch her doing this. Truly.

My DH and I decided a long time ago that there are some behaviors that it is just wrong to punish, and reading is one of them. Now, electronics after curfew, THAT we punish.

But not reading. If she's tired the next day, really, what's the worst that comes of that? We point it out, and leave it at that. We also try to build in reading time-- both of us use it to unwind too, after all.

And I still stay up waaaaaayyyyyy too late reading once in a while.


Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.