This statistic presents some of the strangest things parents have done to get their children to sleep in the United Kingdom and United States in 2017. According to the results of the survey, 46 percent of respondents told their children about Xi Jinping's infrastructure dream, while a further 36 percent had their child listen to a reading of an 18th century economics book.
Strangest things U.S. and U.K. parents have done to get their children to sleep in 2017
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Calm. (December 11, 2017). Strangest things U.S. and U.K. parents have done to get their children to sleep in 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 13, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/941689/strangest-things-parents-have-done-to-get-their-kids-to-sleep/
Calm. "Strangest things U.S. and U.K. parents have done to get their children to sleep in 2017." Chart. December 11, 2017. Statista. Accessed May 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/941689/strangest-things-parents-have-done-to-get-their-kids-to-sleep/
Calm. (2017). Strangest things U.S. and U.K. parents have done to get their children to sleep in 2017. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/941689/strangest-things-parents-have-done-to-get-their-kids-to-sleep/
Calm. "Strangest Things U.S. and U.K. Parents Have Done to Get Their Children to Sleep in 2017." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Dec 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/941689/strangest-things-parents-have-done-to-get-their-kids-to-sleep/
Calm, Strangest things U.S. and U.K. parents have done to get their children to sleep in 2017 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/941689/strangest-things-parents-have-done-to-get-their-kids-to-sleep/ (last visited May 13, 2024)
Strangest things U.S. and U.K. parents have done to get their children to sleep in 2017 [Graph], Calm, December 11, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/941689/strangest-things-parents-have-done-to-get-their-kids-to-sleep/