Netflix Is Tricking Kids Into an Early Bedtime This New Years
On New Year's Eve, sometimes parents just want to relax, spend time with their significant other, or cheers to a toast with friends. But getting the little ones to sleep before the ball drops can be difficult  which is why Netflix is offering parents a tool that can help. The streaming service is launching six new kid-oriented specials just for New Year's Eve. The new programs count down to "midnight" and feature characters such as Oona and Baba from Puffin Rock, Inspector Gadget, and Care Bears  Cousins, among others. The kids can choose which special they'd like to watch, and parents can choose to run the countdown at any time, even if it's hours before actual midnight. Read more 8 Netflix tricks you just can't live without, Netflix launched a similar special last year in which King Julien, the lemur from Madagascar, welcomed children into the "new year" with his own countdown. Now, with a survey from Netflix indicating that 58 of parents worldwide are looking to tuck in the kids before midnight on New Year's, the company has expanded that idea. Nearly half of parents in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia want to tuck their kids in by 9 p.m. according to Netflix's research. And 41 of parents in the United States are already planning to use some sort of countdown special to trick kids into shutting the lights before midnight.