Chill time is more valuable than another class,” Spivack says. Make time for them to have a good bedtime. Watch out for overscheduling and buying into competitive parenting. ”Kids can’t be scheduled every minute of their lives and be relaxed. Spivack also urges parents to avoid days that are too full. But if you are using them after bedtime, you’re showing us you can’t manage it and we need to help you.” Swanson says you can help by being prepared to take the items away if your child can’t stick to the plan. If you can show us that you can stick to this transition, great.
He suggests a script along the lines of, “We’ve given you the privilege of having a cell phone, handheld games, etc., and we’ve entrusted you with them.
Swanson suggests talking with them about privileges and consequences. Many parents expect teens will give them a hard time about a cell phone or computer curfew. “You’re not just trying to get them back to bed, but into a routine.” If you want your kids back to sleep on time, have dinner at a set time and limit the computer, TV, and video game time,” he says. “If we approach sleep appropriately," Swanson says, "we look at a kid’s whole day. “It comes from a place of love and education about the importance of sleep, and not control,” Spivack says. But also let them know that the schedule change is meant to help them feel good when they are at school. You can show your kids that you know – and care - that getting back into a routine may not be fun. Children aged 10-18 need a little less - 8.5 to 9.5 hours per night. A study of fourth- and sixth-grade students showed that after losing about one hour of sleep over several nights, students performed worse on a test that predicts their ability to pay attention in class.Īccording to the National Sleep Foundation, kids aged 5-12 need 10 to 11 hours of sleep each night. Tweens and teens aged 11-17 operating on too little sleep have shown an increase in anxiety, depression, and physical pain. Many studies have shown that a lack of sleep can hamper physical and mental health. “We want them to understand sleep nutrition is as important as food nutrition and that a lack of sleep can have major consequences.” “You have to sit with kids and explain the value of sleep,” Spivack says. Jill Spivack, LCSW, co-author of The Sleepeasy Solution, The Exhausted Parent’s Guide to Getting Your Child to Sleep, advises calling a family meeting to establish a new sleep schedule and get everyone on board. Start preparing your kids at least a week before school starts. And if you wait until the night before school starts to get the kids to bed early, you can't expect a smooth morning. “Parents make the mistake of waiting until the last minute,” Swanson says. Start Planning Early.įamily psychologist David Swanson, author of HELP- My Kid is Driving Me Crazy, says it’s important to recognize that transitioning from the relaxed schedule of summer to the structure of the school year is a process. So, how, after months of sleeping late, do you get the kids used to earlier wake-up times without creating household chaos first thing in the morning? Here are five tips to get your kids out of bed and off to school. The change of pace can be a jolt to the whole family. I try for 5min snuggles, talk if needed, then ask if she's feeling better and tell her it's time to go back to sleep.Going back to school means the relaxed, lazy days of summer are about to give way to packed schedules, homework, after-school activities, and - toughest of all - waking the kids up early.
Maybe a big stuffie "teddy will keep you safe" and when dad goes in, try to keep it short, a few minutes to talk through feelings if she's awake enough. So maybe that's what's up with your kiddo? It's hard to work through though. I gather from other parents that while it's normal for toddlers to start having bad dreams at this age, they may not remember them when they wake up or even know why they're upset. She started waking up around 3 or 4am crying until I went in and she would say "big panda scary! (sob) big panda scary!" over and over. That devolved into any cartoon making a remotely angry face for any reason, even a split second, would set my kiddo bawling. She was a huuuuge fan of MeiMei in Disney's Turning Red and loved the red panda dancing until she started realizing she really didn't like it when MeiMei's mom panda came out and she was angry. Fortunately for us, we know that's what it is because she is a chatterbox and thinks out loud to us on constant repeat. My daughter is 2.5 and started having bad dreams.
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