{"id":"life-par-toddler-bedtime-routine","audience":"parents","category":"everyday-life","track":"life","technique":"examples","title":"Plan a toddler bedtime routine backward from lights out","free":false,"task":"Your toddler's bedtime is moving earlier and you want the routine's start times. Counting back from the new lights-out time, get exactly 4 numbered lines in plain text, under 50 words, each like \"1. 6:15 PM: Dinner (30 min)\", for dinner, bath, pajamas and teeth, and books, in that order. No tips. Write a prompt that gets you exactly that.","materialLabel":"Your routine notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"ROUTINE FOR ARI (age 2)\nCurrent lights out: 7:30 PM\n\nSteps, in order, with how long each takes:\n1. Dinner: 30 minutes\n2. Bath: 20 minutes\n3. Pajamas and teeth: 10 minutes\n4. Books and songs: 15 minutes\nThen lights out.\n\nDAYCARE NOTE (Nov 3): \"Ari has been really tired in the afternoons. You might try an earlier bedtime.\" We decided: new lights out is 7:00 PM, starting Monday.\n\nMY NOTES\n- Pickup from daycare is 5:15 PM, home by 5:35 PM.\n- Grandma says skip the bath on weeknights. We're keeping it.\n- Partner gets home at 6:00 PM.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":4},{"type":"maxWords","max":50},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Using the old bedtime","why":"The AI counts back from 7:30 PM.","fix":"Add: \"New lights out is 7:00 PM.\"","checks":["r0","r1"]},{"title":"Not showing the line shape","why":"The AI writes a paragraph or a table.","fix":"Show it: \"Format each line like: 1. 5:45 PM: Dinner (30 min)\".","checks":["r2","numberedItems","plainText"]},{"title":"Changing the routine","why":"The AI drops the bath like Grandma suggests, or adds tips.","fix":"Add: \"Keep all 4 steps in order. No tips.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for \"under 50 words\" and it often lands well over.","fix":"Cap it: \"just the 4 lines.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Uses the new bedtime","patterns":["7:00","new (lights out|bedtime)","earlier"]},{"label":"Counts backward","patterns":["count back","backward","work back"]},{"label":"Shows the line shape","patterns":["like:?","format","\\(\\d+ min\\)"]},{"label":"Sets the number of lines","patterns":["\\b(4|four)\\b.{0,20}(lines?|numbered|items?|steps?)"]},{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)"]}],"hint":"Tell the AI the new end time, to count back through each step, and show it one line.","rubricLabels":["Counts back from the new 7:00 PM lights out, not 7:30","The start times are dinner 5:45 PM, bath 6:15 PM, pajamas and teeth 6:35 PM, books 6:45 PM, each with its duration","Keeps the bath and the 4 steps in the given order, in the shape \"5:45 PM: Dinner (30 min)\", with no tips"]}