• Amanda Yochum, 44, has worked at childcare company Bright Horizons for nearly 23 years. • She oversees the company's 24-hour day care centers in Indiana and Kentucky. • The night shift children stay up all night to match their parents' schedules.

This story is based on a conversation with Amanda Yochum, 44, of Haubstadt, Indiana. She oversees Bright Horizons' 24-hour day care in Indiana and Kentucky. The account has been edited for length and clarity.

If you've never played football or dodgeball outside at 3 a.m. with preschoolers — or watched the sunrise with them — you're missing out.

I know this because I'm a regional manager at childcare company Bright Horizons, overseeing the 24-hour day care centers we run in Princeton, Indiana, and Georgetown, Kentucky, which are located at

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