Challenging 100 Years of Sleep Guidelines for Children
For parents who feel like they’re failing to make sure their kids get enough sleep, this may be comforting: Your parents also failed, as did your grandparents and great- mulberry bags grandparents.
As for why children aren’t getting enough sleep, present-day experts mostly point to the same culprit as their early 20th century counterparts, according to the study: the lure of modern technology. “In the early 1900s, people used to blame [kids’ lack of sleep] on the radio and school books. Now it is TV and the Internet,” said Lisa Anne Matricciani, lead author of the study and a graduate student in the School of Health Sciences at the University of South Australia in Adelaide- mulberry sale .
The researchers also said almost none of the sleep recommendations were backed by scientific studies. “After 100 years, we still don’t have meaningful evidence for these recommendations,” Ms. Matricciani said.
The new study comes amid a growing awareness about the negative health effects of a lack of sleep among children. In recent years, studies have linked children’s sleep problems with obesity, aggressive behavior and learning and memory issues. Children with sleep problems are also more likely to later suffer from depression and anxiety disorders and to abuse alcohol and drugs than children without sleep problems.
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