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TV Time Before Bed Keeps Kids Awake Longer
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Want to get your kids to fall asleep faster at bedtime? Turn off the TV. For that matter, turn off the tablet and the laptop too.
Researchers in New Zealand found kids who had difficulty falling asleep at night were exposed to more screen time within 90 minutes of bed than those with earlier sleep onset.
The study, published in the Journal Pediatrics, called “Presleep Activities and Time of Sleep Onset in Children” looked at the behavior of over 2,000 children. It examined the association between how much TV the kids watched and how long it took them to fall asleep.
Researchers concluded those “participants with a later sleep onset had significantly greater engagement in screen ti… Continue reading…
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2013-01-16 09:50:52
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