It takes more work and time to respect your child, but the payoff is that he ll respect you in the end. Night is for sleeping. Imagine if you woke up from a nap and decided to read a book. You turn on the lights, you break out the hot chocolate, and you start to get into the latest Michael Crighton. Your dh ups and turns of the light without a word, and keeps doing it as fast as you can turn it back on.
Night is for sleeping.
Perhaps you'd start to get the point. I'll be right back. I'll be back in a few hours. They will start to understand the difference and build their expectations accordingly. Now, on to Target and The Old Navy.