The week 60% broke my heart (and why 60% is a win)

What you tested

The single bedtime pass, exactly as in the Bedtime Battle worksheet. Ran it 7 nights, changed nothing else.

Target

Post-lights-out callbacks, baseline 4-6 per night (~50 min to asleep).

Data: before → after

Baseline week: 5.1 callbacks/night avg, ~50 min to asleep. Test week: 2.0 callbacks/night avg, ~28 min to asleep. Night-by-night: 4, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2.

What it means

Callbacks fell about 60%. Not gone. But the trend across the week is clearly down and the bedtime is 22 minutes shorter. The pass is doing what a bounded reward + built-in relief check should do.

What's next

Keep the pass, hold everything else steady one more week to see if it settles nearer 1. If it holds, I'll leave it exactly as is. No new variables.