Avoid Sleep Deprivation in Children
Children with sleep deprivation will impair their physical
and mental health
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Sleep Disorders in Children – Greetings Readers of Propersleep ... Children,
who are in the growth period especially in primary school age, are required to
have sufficient hours of sleep. Since during the growth period, they need
adequate number of sleep to absorb nutrients into the body.
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Longer Than Adults
Children
need more sleeping time than the adults. If a normal adult has the ideal
sleeping hours from 7 to 8 hours in a day, the children are required to obtain
from 10 to 11 sleeping hours a day. For children, enough sleep can support
their health both physically and mentally, sleep issues in children will bring
negative impact.
Importance Sleep for Children
Sleep
for children is important to ensure the growth and development, Children with
sleep deprivation tend to have disturbance in the physical and mental development.
During sleep, the brain and the body of the children work to process growth, and also to support the activities in the next day.
During sleep, the brain and the body of the children work to process growth, and also to support the activities in the next day.
Sleeping
problems in children will affect their growth mentally and physically.
Parents Role
Children
and sleep is two things that are very hard to put together, but they can be
taught… to consistently obtain the ideal sleeping time, parents can teach
specific habits to their children. For example If they are already 15-30
minutes close to bedtime, children can be taught to perform habitual activities
before bedtime, such as changing to pajamas, brushing teeth, or even reading books.
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No Sweets Food
Parents
are also encouraged to not to give food or sweet to the child before sleeping
time. Sweet foods or drinks this will only make the child's body becomes more
active and hard to sleep, because they will get extra power from sweets.
These
habits should should start from childhood. Besides to familiarize good habits to
children, parents also have to teach the children self-discipline. Thus, these
habits will be carry over until they grow up
No TV before Bedtime
If your baby enjoys watching television before going to sleep, you must be firm
and turn off the television at least 30 minutes before bedtime. The same thing
needs to be done when he was playing video games, gadget, computer etc.
