Me to children -“okay, it’s bedtime”. Children - “I can’t find my toothbrush, I need to have a recorder for school tomorrow, she pushed me, he said I was stupid, he took the book I was reading, she touched my towel, he didn’t actually brush his teeth for two whole minutes, she told me what happens in the book........”
Me to dog “okay, it’s bed time”
Dog - goes out, does wee, goes to bed. Full fucking stop.