{"product_id":"the-last-five-minutes-a-little-signals-story-for-children-who-find-switching-off-hard","title":"The Last Five Minutes: A Little Signals Story for Children Who Find Switching Off Hard","description":"\u003cp\u003eLittle Bean is inside the screen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot really, of course.\u003cbr\u003eBut that is how it feels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe colours move. The sounds keep coming. Something is always about to happen next.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen Big Bean says:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFive more minutes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLittle Bean hears the words. But inside the screen, five minutes disappears very quickly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd when the time is up, the screen stops all at once.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLittle Bean does not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHands still want to reach back. Feet do not feel ready to move. The room has returned, but Little Bean is still arriving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBig Bean keeps the boundary — and stays close enough to help with the journey back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Last Five Minutes is a gentle story about the difficult space between switching off and moving on. It is for children who find screen-time endings hard, and for the grown-up learning that understanding the struggle does not mean removing the limit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy parents and caregivers love The Last Five Minutes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot an anti-screen book.\u003cbr\u003eThere are no lectures, warnings or frightening messages about technology. The screen is enjoyable and absorbing. The story focuses only on what can happen when an absorbing activity ends before the child feels ready.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe boundary remains.\u003cbr\u003eBig Bean gives a warning, ends the screen when agreed and does not switch it back on when the feelings arrive. The child’s difficulty is understood without making the ending optional.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA difficult transition, reframed kindly.\u003cbr\u003eLittle Bean is not trying to be defiant. The screen has stopped faster than Little Bean’s attention and body can return. That difference can change how the final five minutes feel for the whole family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gentle way back to the room.\u003cbr\u003eLittle Bean stretches, moves and begins noticing what is nearby — the clock, a bird, the kettle. Not as a trick to stop the feelings, but as a quiet bridge from one part of the day into the next.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA short page for grown-ups.\u003cbr\u003eThe book includes a plain-spoken note about why transitions out of absorbing activities can be difficult, why warnings may help without preventing every reaction, and how a boundary and connection can exist together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMade for ages 4–8.\u003cbr\u003eFull colour, 32 pages, and part of Little Signals Stories — gentle books about the moments children feel deeply and cannot always explain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe screen had stopped.\u003cbr\u003eLittle Bean was still arriving back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom The Regulated Human Co. — quiet stories and tools that help people notice their signals and find their way back to steady. No shame. No lectures. Regulation before optimisation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Regulated Human Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57443770925380,"sku":"9781911837008","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0914\/8402\/9252\/files\/9781911837008.jpg?v=1791642416","url":"https:\/\/inkandember.store\/products\/the-last-five-minutes-a-little-signals-story-for-children-who-find-switching-off-hard","provider":" Ink \u0026 Ember","version":"1.0","type":"link"}