Culture Post: Kids Snooze Soundly In Happy Families

The following is excerpted from an online article posted by HealthDay.

A happy family life can help tweens get better sleep, a new study says.

Kids are more likely to sleep longer if they have strong family relationships with highly engaged parents, according to research scheduled for presentation at a meeting of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM).

Eating dinner with family and participating in neighborhood activities also were linked to a longer sleep duration, researchers found.

“It was surprising to find that multiple social connectedness variables were predictors of sufficient sleep duration,” lead investigator Marie Gombert-Labedens, a postdoctoral researcher at SRI International in Menlo Park, Calif., said in a news release.

For this study, researchers analyzed data from nearly 5,000 kids between 9 and 11 years of age taking part in a long-term study of brain development. The kids’ caregivers completed at least two surveys in May and August 2020.

The highest rates of sufficient sleep were associated with high parental engagement (51%); eating together (48%); and discussing plans for the next day (48%), results show.

On the other hand, kids who got the least sleep were more likely to use screens to socialize (40%) and have little interaction with their parents (42%).

Source: HealthDay
https://www.healthday.com/health-news/sleep-disorder/kids-snooze-soundly-in-happy-families

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