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So my daughter, who is about to have her 10th birthday, comes to me last night and asks me how to get to sleep. She tells me that she can't stop thinking about stuff and just lays there starring at the ceiling. She is so excited about her birthday coming in Oct and the costume slumber party she is planning, that and she has her first ever crush on a boy in her class.

I can remember my 4th grade and i had similar problems sleeping, my mind would race thinking of things from, will Erica talk to me today (my first crush), will brandon beat me up at school or after, and will i actually get Castle Grayskull for Christmas.

I could make this a mumm because i really would like to know what you tell a 9 year old when they ask, 'how do you stop thinking?'

I did refrain from telling her i masterbate when i can't sleep, but siriusly that is the only answer i could come up with in my head.