The result is 'The Bedtime Story Experience', a survey of parents ofchildren aged from three months to six years who attended the familycentre and school at Mount Pleasant Primary, Dudley.
Ms Bedford, former head of the school, said her aim was not to say thata book is better than a DVD but to find out whether parents were sharingactivities with children.
'A bedtime story is a wonderful opportunity to for bonding as well asfor developing communication skills,' she said. 'The assumption was thatsome children were watching a DVD or video in bed alone instead.
'I wanted to see if it was the general experience of children that theydo these activities alone. I was encouraged to find that in fact, it'srarely alone.'
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