Since it is the back to school season, take note of the amount of homework your child is dealing with, as it may affect your child’s sleep at night. This could be the reason why roughly 60-70% of students experience sleepiness during their morning classes, based on a study conducted on approximately 2 million Canadian school children in 2002.
It is important to encourage kids to practice good study habits informing them that staying up late trying to finish their homework will actually do more harm than good. Mums should also make sure that their child’s homework is not to be done close to or in the bed, nor near bedtime as the child may psychologically associate his bed with a place of stress.
So if your child has problems falling asleep, ask yourself if that piece of homework cannot wait until tomorrow. As far as sleep is concerned, a little procrastination may not be that bad!
Sources:
Hirshkowitz, M. et al. 2015. National Sleep Foundation’s sleep time duration recommendation: methodology and results summary. Journal of the National Sleep Foundation. Vol 1. pp. 40 – 43.
