And I've read her the book Goodnight Moon seven times and she says mommy read it to me one more time one more time and and I'm exhausted right I've had or I'm I'm just so exhausted I'm falling asleep reading this book am I having fun reading Goodnight Moon for the eighth time.
Why people recommend it
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown is a classic children's bedtime story featuring a young rabbit saying goodnight to various objects in the great green room. On an episode of EconTalk from July 2024, host Russ Roberts discussed the publication as likely the single best-selling children's book, though he admitted he personally disliked reading the text aloud to his children despite having done so dozens and dozens of times. Similarly, in a January 2023 appearance on Modern Wisdom, Dr. Robert Waldinger mentioned reading the same title to his daughter multiple times in a single evening. He used the anecdote, shared by a mother, to illustrate the contrasting psychological concepts of eudaimonic well-being and hedonic well-being, noting how a parent can feel simultaneously exhausted and fulfilled by repetitive caregiving tasks. Through these discussions, both podcast guests highlighted the near-universal ubiquity of the classic children's story in modern parenting, reflecting on the paradoxical blend of tedium and deep emotional resonance that characterizes the nightly reading routine in households around the world.
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Robert Waldinger and I've read her the book Goodnight Moon seven times and she says mommy read it to me one more time one mo… 1
“and I've read her the book Goodnight Moon seven times and she says mommy read it to me one more time one more time and and I'm exhausted right I've had or I'm I'm just so exhausted I'm falling asleep reading this book am I having fun reading Goodnight Moon for the eighth time”
Russ Roberts but probably the single best seller is good night Moon I do not like reading that book out loud to my kids… 1
“but probably the single best seller is good night Moon I do not like reading that book out loud to my kids although I've done it dozens and dozens of times”
