In the survey results, children who did not feel safe were four times more likely to have atypical sleep patterns, meaning they slept too much or too little for the age group.” Before you start getting anxious about whether your child gets the prescribed amount of sleep for their age, it’s important to remember that children who sleep well tend to feel safe and secure. “These results provide compelling evidence that sleep is a key indicator of child wellbeing,” said Associate Professor Lisa Gibbs, the Chair of The University of Melbourne Children’s Lives Initiative, in an interview with ABC News. The online study found that getting enough sleep made children twice as likely to report feeling happy lots of the time. It found that sleep was the biggest indicator of happiness. The 2017 BTN Happiness Survey conducted by the University of Melbourne and Behind the News TV program involved 47,000 Australian children. But how important is sleep to your child’s happiness? ![]() Adults, and parents in particular, generally value sleep and know too well the way it affects our own emotional well-being when we don’t get enough sleep. “Most parents know that sleep is important for children’s wellbeing. Nadene is the author of the much-loved Tales from the Parenting Trenches: a clinical psychologist vs motherhood. I recently read an article on, written by Nadene van der Linden, a clinical psychologist. If you are one of the millions already sleeping less than seven hours on a regular basis – the amount recommended by the AmericanĪcademy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) – now it’s more important than ever to get a good start on sleep. Warm weather and spring may be on the way, but daylight saving time (DST) on March 10 also means losing an hour of sleep. When they are waking up late, they are running behind, often still sleepy and just not “on their game.” Today I’m partnering with the American Academy of Sleep Medicine for this sponsored post to share tips on how to help your child adjust to the time change. When your kids are waking too early, it can make them tired, cranky and just not very happy kids. ![]() Click HERE to Join Us for 40 Days of Decluttering□Īre your kids waking up too early or late after time change? After a time change, it can be so hard to get our kids to get back to a nice sleeping schedule.
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