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If you’ve got older kids, you probably remember the naptime days with a little bit of longing. Personally, I enjoyed that break more than my kid did. Well, Ashley Schuster Downend’s kids are too old for naps, but she managed to pull off a pretty neat trick: she never quit naptime. “I still need regular breaks from sibling squabbling, demands for snacks, and requests for the latest Descendants songs on Spotify. If anything, I need it more as they get older and their needs get more complicated. I am still, after all, a sensitive introvert, but now my household is even louder and more chaotic. I need time during the day to reset — quietly and alone,” she writes. Read to find out how she did it.