With all the daycares I know, center or home based, 4 year olds are not forced to SLEEP, but they are required to lay still and quiet on their beds and REST, which they still most definitely need at 4 years old. And I agree with playfelt's comment that many kids today are not being raised to respect authority, and THAT is part of the issue here. Of course taping them to their beds is unacceptable (though any daycare provider who denies the idea has briefly crossed her mind when dealing with a child who won't cooperate is a liar, in my opinion, lol)... but most of us have the self-control and the good sense not to do anything like that.