A recent National Sleep Foundation poll on children’s sleep habits revealed what many sleep experts have suspected for years: Children aren’t getting enough sleep.
For example, children under 10 do not get the minimum amount of sleep recommended for them. The study also showed that many parents are not aware of how much sleep is enough for their children.
“It is clear from the poll results that we need to focus as much on the sleeping half of children’s lives as we do on the waking half,” said Jodi A. Mindell, chair of the poll’s task force. “Children are clearly not getting enough sleep.”
According to Arthur Grehan, executive director of American Innerspring Manufacturers, a nonprofit trade group, it’s a long-standing problem that is finally coming into the spotlight.
“For years, we’ve focused many of our industry’s educational resources on home and classroom materials aimed at teaching families about the importance of sleep for their children,” Grehan said.
So what can parents do? The first step is to become aware of how much sleep their children should get....
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