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Sleep and the Lack of
How important is sleep? Sleep consumes about one third of an average person’s life. ... Is sleep important for children and teens as it is for adults? Researchers, from WebMD Medical News showed that sleep problems affect more than 70 million Americans, and they now say that young children and teens face a big risk of developing sleeping disorders in the future. ...
To establish a healthy sleep routine for your child, set a regular bedtime for he or she and make sure they stick to it. Studies show that a relaxing pre-bedtime routine, such as reading a book is great for children’s sleep. ... An important factor for your child’s sleep is to make the bedroom as comfortable as possible. ...
The age where sleep is most important is when you are an infant because your brain is developing. Not getting enough sleep as an infant is known to have a huge affect on your age. Also, researchers showed to have a good night’s sleep, infants need at least fourteen hours, children, ages 7 to 11 need at least nine hours, and teens and adults need at least eight and a half hours of sleep. ... As adults get older their sleeping patterns decline; the elderly generally get less sleep at night and tend to doze during the day. ...
A disorder that occurs mainly in children is sleep or night terror, which is when you have abrupt awakenings from a terrified state. ... After the sudden awakening, the sufferer falls right back to sleep and does not remember the next day. ...
A symptom that sometimes arises from sleep terror is sleepwalking. ... It is walking while in a deep sleep. ... If sleepwalking happens from a sleep terror, then the child’s behavior is much more frantic. ...
Sleep studies showed that another common problem among young children and teens is sleep deprivation.
Approximate Word count = 1505
Approximate Pages = 6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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