Why Us Mere Humans Need to Snooze
Humans must sleep. Studies have shown that people can live longer without food than they can without sleep. Shakespeare commented on the restorative nature of sleep calling it “nature’s soft nurse”. Mammals, reptiles, and birds also have to sleep.
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Topic: Sleep Disorders
Easy Ways to Talk to your Kids about Sleep
There are several ways to talk to your kids about sleep. Proper sleep habits should be established early in life so they become habitual instinct early and potential problems can be avoided later on in life. Sleep routines started as a child generally carry over into adolescent and adult life. It is your job as a parent to instill in your children a sense of good sleep habits now, so they will have them for life.
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Topic: Health for Children, Sleep Disorders
Creating Healthy Sleep Habits for Your Kids
Good sleep habits for kids are as important as they are an essential for health, proper growth and well-being. Children, who get plenty of sleep every night function better throughout the day, are more alert, and their concentration, memory, and performance are better than those who don’t sleep well. As well children with sleep problems are less likely to develop behavioral problems of any kind, moodiness, anxiety or depression.
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Topic: Health for Children, Sleep Disorders
Overscheduled and Under Slept, It’s Time To Reprioritize!
In today’s fast paced world, full of responsibilities, pressures, and worries there seems to always be a demand on our time. Running at this pace for prolonged periods of time eventually catches up and causes emotional, physical, and mental stress. Over scheduling takes place when we have our children in every sports activity, every theatrical production, every art class, etc…Being busy and never slowing down has become the equivalent of being happy, or a good mom, or whatever it is that we achieve to be. We have deadlines to meet, bills to pay, and our daily life responsibilities end up higher on the priority list. We need to take time to sleep and rest. Sleep is a great healer of physical and emotional stress. Naps are okay. Humans need sleep.
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Topic: Sleep Disorders
Quality over Quantity: What This Means for a Good Night’s Sleep
Everyone has probably heard that humorous sex reference in regards to quality over quantity. However, what about when it pertains to a good night’s sleep? For most people, how restful you feel after a night’s sleep defines how your demeanor will be for that day. Every person’s sleep patterns differ, so one person might need eight to ten hours of continuous sleep to feel rested while another person might only need about six hours. Your quality of sleep is what really counts in the game of life. You might say that you get eight to ten hours of sleep, but that quantity does not account for much if the quality of that sleep was not good.
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Topic: Sleep Disorders
Sleep Habits Can Dictate Back Pain
If you are suffering from shoulder, neck or back pain you can be sure that you are not alone. There are millions upon millions of people these days that are going through the very same problems. This is not due to sports injuries, nor is it due to work related fatigue, what we are talking about here is due to poor sleep habits. This is not merely a problem for adults; this problem is now affecting many children as well. Once there is a scheduled appointment made for the child to see their doctor, the truth comes out-children and back pain is real. Children suffer from this troubling ailment, as well.
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Topic: Back Pain Help
