2 days back, I was returning from a picnic with family. It was a long drive back and would have taken us 2-3 hours.

It was a saturday and according to the timetable set by my wife (for my son), he is allowed to watch 1 movie on a CD every saturday. he is very fond of movies and looks forward to every saturday. This saturday because of picnic he had missed his cd schedule.

It was evening time, and as with every parents, we wanted my son to sleep so that he gets proper rest. However I realised that even after driving for one hour, he was not sleeping , but only lying down with his eyes closed, constantly shuffling.

I asked him "beta, why don't you sleep?"

he replied - "I want to go back and watch cd"

I told him - " Beta, you go to sleep, I will wake you up when we reach home, and you can watch the cd"

he asked "promise, papa"

I - promise

He - "God promise"

I - yes

He - "mother swear?"

I - sure beta, go to sleep.

he smiled, closed his eyes and was sleeping like a log in 5 mins.

We reached home at 10 in night. He was in deep sleep..

My question to everbody ... "what should I have done -

1) Wake him up from his peaceful sleep, and ask him whether he wants to watch the cd - this way he will be awake till 12 at least , we all were very tired and wanted to crash.

but this way I am breaking the trust that this 5 yr old has so innocently placed on me.

2) let him sleep, and tell him next day - "we tried to wake you up, but you did not get up" -which in effect would have been a lie...

Still dont know, what would have been better/worse?