Pregnancy tips Sleep for Kids: More Important Than You Thought

This is one of the best articles I've seen about kids and sleep. It talks about actual research which shows how detrimental lack of sleep can be on a developing brain. Read more:

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From the article:

The surprise is how much sleep affects academic performance and emotional stability, as well as phenomena that we assumed to be entirely unrelated, such as the international obesity epidemic and the rise of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. A few scientists theorize that sleep problems during formative years can cause permanent changes in a child’s brain structure: damage that one can’t sleep off like a hangover. It’s even possible that many of the hallmark characteristics of being a tweener and teen—moodiness, depression, and even binge eating—are actually symptoms of chronic sleep deprivation.