A new meta analysis published in Jama Pediatrics confirmed how portable devices like cellphones and tablets are seriously affecting our children's sleep. Sleep is one of the biggest pediatric public health issues of our time. I hear this firsthand when I ask groups in the post screening discussions "who sleeps with their cellphones their room?" Most hands in the room go up.
One of the conclusions and recommendations from this new Jama article is: "An integrated approach among teachers, health care professionals, and parents is required to minimize device access at bedtime." In other words, It takes a village to get all these screen habits changed and by talking about it regularly from all directions, change can happen.
For Tech Talk Tuesday this week let's talk about sleep and screens:
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November 1, 2016
As well as our weekly blog, we publish videos like this one every week on the Screenagers YouTube channel
A new meta analysis published in Jama Pediatrics confirmed how portable devices like cellphones and tablets are seriously affecting our children's sleep. Sleep is one of the biggest pediatric public health issues of our time. I hear this firsthand when I ask groups in the post screening discussions "who sleeps with their cellphones their room?" Most hands in the room go up.
One of the conclusions and recommendations from this new Jama article is: "An integrated approach among teachers, health care professionals, and parents is required to minimize device access at bedtime." In other words, It takes a village to get all these screen habits changed and by talking about it regularly from all directions, change can happen.
For Tech Talk Tuesday this week let's talk about sleep and screens:
PHOTO BY YIPENGGE/ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES
November 1, 2016
As well as our weekly blog, we publish videos like this one every week on the Screenagers YouTube channel
Have you ever read a magazine in a dentist's chair, and it made you want to jump out of the chair? That is what happened to me when I saw an ad, which is the photo of today’s blog. I was completely shocked that people in the industry would have the nerve to imply that taking a drug is how a small child “sleeps naturally.”
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Understanding just how much insufficient sleep affects our children is a motivator to help them get the best sleep possible. As kids return to school, resetting sleep habits and rules around tech in the bedroom is hard but imperative. I share why sleep is so important and what you can do to help make a tech-free bedtime less painful. Most importantly, I share some of my favorite ways to set and maintain rules around sleep time - They might surprise you!
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Today I discuss powerful research regarding how sleep deficiency can impact brain development. Having a calm conversation about the latest science of sleep and brain development before even broaching the ideas of new sleep rules can be effective.
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