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Netflix launches 5-minute videos for kids who refuse bedtime

They have this suggestion, to offer the children one last show before bed and put on one of the Dinotrux shows, from the new series on Netflix. Search for “5 Minute Favorites” to find them. They will agree, of course, because what kid wouldn’t?

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The shorts, produced with DreamWorks Animation, follow the adventures of Ty-Rux and Revvit of Dinotrux and can be found by searching “5 Minute Favourites”. Because the show is only 5 minutes long. Parent tells them it’s time to turn it off, but child begs and pleads for “just one more show”, then they’ll promise to go to bed. Of course, when the time comes, the little ones will probably counter by asking to watch just one more episode and the cycle will repeat itself not unlike before, but at least this way everyone gets to see the dinosaur 4x4s.

Unfortunately, bedtime often looks a lot more like a struggle.

“What about a bedtime snack?”

Netflix has a solution to make kids’ bedtime less of a hassle for parents – and it, of course, involves watching Netflix.

Any parent knows that getting your kids to go to bed is no easy task.

By region, Brazilian kids have been crowned the hardest negotiators, with 52% of parents in the country admitting that their kids’ stall tactics frequently work (the global average is 44%). And if you try to give them the hard line on bedtime, those pint-sized Henry Kissingers will outline a 10-point plan for why they should get to stay up, and incidentally, why ice cream actually helps calm them down.

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Netflix’s initiative is backed by recent data gathered on behalf of the service by Isos Public Affairs, which surveyed more than 7,200 parents across the U.S., UK, France, Canada, Australia, Brazil and Mexico.

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