My eight-year-old kept telling me that her bed felt “too tight,” but at first I assumed she was just uncomfortable or imagining things. Night after night she mentioned it again, sounding more worried each time. Then one night at 2:00 a.m., I checked the room camera—and what it revealed finally explained exactly why she had been saying it.

pressure that Mia interpreted as discomfort. A new mattress was delivered, and for one night Mia slept peacefully without mentioning the problem. But the following evening, the complaint returned. This time Mia sounded more certain than before. Something in the bed felt wrong, she insisted, though she could not explain exactly what it was.