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Congregation B'nai Moshe Presents

CRAIG 'n CO.
ONE WORLD

Bedtime Story

Family Concert Tour

Sunday, Oct. 18, 1998 - 3 pm
Congregation B'nai Moshe
6800 Drake Road
W. Bloomfield (south of Maple)

Editor's Note: All right, so I made up the last part. The rest of the
story is true. If your child is giving you bedtime battles, try asking him
or her what it would take to get to sleep. Perhaps it will work for
you, too. Good luck.

The Critics Are Raving!!!

"... (he) interweaves his childhood experiences with snippets of his own kids' lives... keeps the
younger fans bopping while coaxing more than a few toe taps and chuckles from adults."

Los Angeles Times

"Call it Torah rock 'n roll or Talmud folk music... It's the message that counts."

Chicago Sun Times

"Craig 'n Co. dazzled audiences at a family concert... Kids and parents smiled and sang along to
the mix of Jewish songs and children's tunes."

Washington Jewish Week

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$10 for adults, $12 at the door
$5 for children, $6 at the door

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CALL: (248) 788-0600

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See You There!
Ellen & Sue

10/9
1998

114 Detroit Jewish News

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nce upon a time there was i ways to get their boy to sleep. They
established a regular routine, just like
a family named Applebaum
all the parenting experts recommend.
who lived in Michigan. The
They would tell Yitz he would have
I father was Phillip, the mother was
privileges taken away. They would
Elizabeth, and the children were
beg, plead, cry. Nothing
Adina, Yitzhak and Talya.
worked.
They were quite happy in
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Then one day Yitzhak's
their home which the mother
parents had the idea to ask
had decorated with doilies
him what it would take to get
! and flowers and antiques, all
him to go to bed. His answer
of which the father graciously
was quick and simple, "First,
I tolerated. The children went
I want cookies and milk," he
to Jewish day school and
responded. "Then I want you
I enjoyed apple picking in the fall and
tc
read
me
three books ; kiss and hug
1 swimming in a little pool in their
me goodnight, and turn on a cassette
I backyard in the summer. Life was
[story
tape]."
I very, very. good. Usually.
Yitzhak's parents quickly agreed,
Each night at about 8 p.m. the
and
an amazing thing happened:
I Applebaum parents told their children
Yitzhak went to bed. Sometimes, he
it was time to go to bed. The process
would
go to sleep right away. Some-
I actually began at about 7:30 p.m.,
times he would read books in his
when the children watched their
room. On rare occasions, he would
! favorite program, then had a bath. At
still get out of bed. But for the most
18 p.m. the parents would read the.
part, the battles ended_
1 children a story, then turn out the
So why did it work? Yitzhak's moth-
lights.
er
decided it was because it was
Adina, 6, usually was tired and
Yitz, not his parents, who had deter-
quickly fell asleep. Yitzhak, about-to-
mined and taken responsibility for the
! turn-5, was a different story. He
routine that would get him to bed.
would whine, cry, or get out of bed
Soon after discovering this wonder-
at least 10 times in search of a drink,
ful program, Yitzhak's parents became
I or a snack, or a lost stuffed animal.
world-famous
early-childhood special-
I He would say he was scared or
ists who earned an annual salary of
needed someone to come and lie
$4 billion. Yitzhak, meanwhile, grew
I with him. By the 1 1 th time Yitz got
up to be the greatest genius since Ein-
I out of bed, his parents were almost
stein,
"and I have my parents, who
I out of their minds and likely would
continually offered wise counsel on
yell, "GET INTO BED NOW!" This
my life, to thank," he said as he
I would be the first of about seven
accepted his 14th Nobel Prize. 0
times they would have to say this
before Yitz would finally run back
into his bed and maybe fall asleep,
I or maybe come back out again.
Elizabeth Applebaum
Yitzhak's parents tried all kinds of
AppleTree Editor

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