Naptime Crying....tough love?

[Inspired by Reggio]

Lord I feel cruel ... my 6 year old who is in SK is still required to lie on the cot for the first portion of quiet time and rest her little brain for a while ... the only noise I want to hear during quiet time is the quiet solitude music playing as white noise for those sleeping to drown out those who snore or those resting but flopping around a bit!

My stepson if he was home during 'quiet time' was still required to lay down and 'rest' his body right up until he was 10 ... he could listen to his MP3 with headphones on and sometimes he read ... but he rested his body same as everyone else including ME ... I lie down for 30 minutes in the afternoon and read or just meditate to the kids quiet time music ... the body and the brain NEEDS a rest to be productive.

In Japan and other cultures they do this everyday even at WORK they have areas to lay down and 'rest' their bodies and brains .... and well look how productive and healthy that culture can be compared to our rush rush go go culture

[gcj]

I feel guilty this evening. When I'm in it, I'm absolutely not giving in, and I think that's necessary when they're testing, but then after I feel I was too hard on them. But, I'd do it all over again. I know that I'm not doing anyone any favours if I give it. I think when it's my own kids, after they're still there, you have time to move on, do other things, hug, kiss.....when it's a dck, they're gone soon after and that's kind of how you end the day....I don't know...hard to explain.

[gcj]

ok...this isn't getting any better, and I can't do it anymore. We agreed that she could have her little Leapster toy for 1/2 hour, then after that she's obliged to "rest her eyes" for 1/2 hour. VERY reasonable, I feel. Well, it's only actually worked a couple of times. As soon as she cries she loses the privillege of Leapster/books... and then has to complete the full naptime, crying or not...her choice. Last week she was on vacation and today we're not even back at square 1...maybe -100000! Most often, she doesn't get her privilleges for more than 5 minutes before she starts crying...no... screaming. I mean blood curlding shreiking. Her room is right above my dining room and today she was jumping so hard, I thought my dining room chandellier would come down! The globes were shaking.
I'm at a loss. I'm clueless. I hope that a week of doing this consistently she'll realize that it's in her best interest to zip it and keep her privilleges. But so far, not so much...and if she continues, I don't see how I can. HELP??