Comments on: How Much Sleep Is Enough For Your Kid http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/health/how-much-sleep-is-enough-for-your-kid/ To Inspire with Ideas and Practical Tips on Parenting Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:55:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Fuller33Clarissa http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/health/how-much-sleep-is-enough-for-your-kid/#comment-118622 Fuller33Clarissa Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:04:00 +0000 http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/health/how-much-sleep-is-enough-for-your-kid/#comment-118622 Do not enough money to buy a building? You not have to worry, just because this is achievable to receive the <a href="http://lowest-rate-loans.com/topics/business-loans" rel="nofollow">business loans</a> to resolve all the problems. Thus take a secured loan to buy all you require. Do not enough money to buy a building? You not have to worry, just because this is achievable to receive the business loans to resolve all the problems. Thus take a secured loan to buy all you require.

]]> By: Lala http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/health/how-much-sleep-is-enough-for-your-kid/#comment-114676 Lala Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:21:38 +0000 http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/health/how-much-sleep-is-enough-for-your-kid/#comment-114676 I'm 13 and for me to get the required amount of sleep, I would most likely have to go to bed at 8 o'clock, which is when I get home most nights. By then my homework usually isn't finished yet because I don't have the time. I don't drink soda. I can't have chocolate or anything with caffiene in it after 6 PM. I’m 13 and for me to get the required amount of sleep, I would most likely have to go to bed at 8 o’clock, which is when I get home most nights. By then my homework usually isn’t finished yet because I don’t have the time. I don’t drink soda. I can’t have chocolate or anything with caffiene in it after 6 PM.

]]> By: Nat http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/health/how-much-sleep-is-enough-for-your-kid/#comment-111995 Nat Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:15:37 +0000 http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/health/how-much-sleep-is-enough-for-your-kid/#comment-111995 I'm 13 and think that the chart is definitely inaccurate. With my schedule, it would be literally impossible to get 7 - 9 hours sleep. I've been coping with 6 - 7 for the past 2 years and its worked fine for me. 6 - 7 hours is perfectly fine. I’m 13 and think that the chart is definitely inaccurate. With my schedule, it would be literally impossible to get 7 - 9 hours sleep. I’ve been coping with 6 - 7 for the past 2 years and its worked fine for me. 6 - 7 hours is perfectly fine.

]]> By: Momma Bear http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/health/how-much-sleep-is-enough-for-your-kid/#comment-108035 Momma Bear Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:18:24 +0000 http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/health/how-much-sleep-is-enough-for-your-kid/#comment-108035 For those of you who mentioned not being able to fall asleep: Notice what you are drinking after school in the afternoon. If you drink Coca-Cola, Dr Pepper, Pepsi or any variety of these, you are getting about 39+ grams of caffeine per can. Tea has more than that. Don't even mention Monsters or Red Bulls after breakfast time, if falling asleep is a issue for you. A 32 ounce cup of soda or tea at the drive-through, well you're getting the same thing as coffee. Caffeine takes around 8 hours to fully metabolize, so do the math about your bedtime. Many people then drink two or more glasses of tea or cans of soda, so imagine how much has built up in your system by bedtime...try drinking clear drinks like water, Sprite, de-caf tea, etc... Chocolate has caffeine as well; Barq's Root Beer, and Sunkist Orange drink do to. Read your labels! For those of you who mentioned not being able to fall asleep: Notice what you are drinking after school in the afternoon. If you drink Coca-Cola, Dr Pepper, Pepsi or any variety of these, you are getting about 39+ grams of caffeine per can. Tea has more than that. Don’t even mention Monsters or Red Bulls after breakfast time, if falling asleep is a issue for you. A 32 ounce cup of soda or tea at the drive-through, well you’re getting the same thing as coffee. Caffeine takes around 8 hours to fully metabolize, so do the math about your bedtime. Many people then drink two or more glasses of tea or cans of soda, so imagine how much has built up in your system by bedtime…try drinking clear drinks like water, Sprite, de-caf tea, etc… Chocolate has caffeine as well; Barq’s Root Beer, and Sunkist Orange drink do to. Read your labels!

]]> By: Hunter http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/health/how-much-sleep-is-enough-for-your-kid/#comment-107153 Hunter Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:42:49 +0000 http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/health/how-much-sleep-is-enough-for-your-kid/#comment-107153 I go to sleep at 1 or 2 and get up at 7, that fine for me and im not tired during the school days and im 13 I go to sleep at 1 or 2 and get up at 7, that fine for me and im not tired during the school days and im 13

]]> By: Tia http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/health/how-much-sleep-is-enough-for-your-kid/#comment-100813 Tia Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:26:17 +0000 http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/health/how-much-sleep-is-enough-for-your-kid/#comment-100813 I am 10 years old and i can get no sleep! Im really tired in the morning and wont get up. I have baths 2 make me more tired but it dont work. i play on my nintendo at night but it dont work. I close my eyes and try not 2 open them but it dont work. i got 2 bed at 9.30-8am but im reli tired.. I am 10 years old and i can get no sleep! Im really tired in the morning and wont get up. I have baths 2 make me more tired but it dont work. i play on my nintendo at night but it dont work. I close my eyes and try not 2 open them but it dont work.
i got 2 bed at 9.30-8am but im reli tired..

]]> By: Chloe http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/health/how-much-sleep-is-enough-for-your-kid/#comment-93095 Chloe Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:58:45 +0000 http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/health/how-much-sleep-is-enough-for-your-kid/#comment-93095 I'm 13 and get 6-8 hours of sleep. I wake up in the middle of the night a lot, and when my alarm goes off, I'm already getting dressed. I am SLIGHTLY sleepy through the day, but thats good for me. I'm REALLY active, no sports, just good old hyper-ness and tag. I am perfectly healthy I believe, and I believe that chart is wrong. 6-8 hours is fine. I’m 13 and get 6-8 hours of sleep.
I wake up in the middle of the night a lot, and when my alarm goes off, I’m already getting dressed.
I am SLIGHTLY sleepy through the day, but thats good for me.
I’m REALLY active, no sports, just good old hyper-ness and tag. I am perfectly healthy I believe, and I believe that chart is wrong. 6-8 hours is fine.

]]> By: peter http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/health/how-much-sleep-is-enough-for-your-kid/#comment-91735 peter Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:23:20 +0000 http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/health/how-much-sleep-is-enough-for-your-kid/#comment-91735 That's good information about the sleep, another good tip is nutrition and study habits before sleep. foods high in proteins and vitamin B feed the brain, because the brain just goobles up the nutirent very fast. Also this article explains why my brother, who his wife says he has a brain of a 5 year old sleeps so much... That’s good information about the sleep, another good tip is nutrition and study habits before sleep. foods high in proteins and vitamin B feed the brain, because the brain just goobles up the nutirent very fast.

Also this article explains why my brother, who his wife says he has a brain of a 5 year old sleeps so much…

]]> By: myself http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/health/how-much-sleep-is-enough-for-your-kid/#comment-91310 myself Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:53:35 +0000 http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/health/how-much-sleep-is-enough-for-your-kid/#comment-91310 I am 14, in 9th grade. It says that a teen needs 7-9 hours of sleep, but I can safely say that I know almost nobody who actually gets it. The way most public school systems work, for us to get 9 hours of sleep we would have to go to bed at 9:00. Now for some this may seem reasonable, but for anyone involved with ANY sport, choirs, theater, bands, clubs, etc. this is NOT possible. Sport events and games often start at 8, and rehearsals for shows run until late as well. Now, if the doctors are saying that the 6 hours of sleep most teens get is not enough, why aren't the schools doing anything about it? It is rediculous! If schools and parents are encouraging us to do extra-curricular activities, as well as our homework, then they should not be nagging us to go to bed early because it is simply not possible. Also, it is proven that teens do BETTER going to bed late and sleeping late, vs. going to bed early and getting up early, based on the way our brains work. Also, my friends/fellow students seem to do just fine getting 6 hours of sleep, so why should we be nagged about not getting enough? It doesn't make sense to me. I am 14, in 9th grade. It says that a teen needs 7-9 hours of sleep, but I can safely say that I know almost nobody who actually gets it. The way most public school systems work, for us to get 9 hours of sleep we would have to go to bed at 9:00. Now for some this may seem reasonable, but for anyone involved with ANY sport, choirs, theater, bands, clubs, etc. this is NOT possible. Sport events and games often start at 8, and rehearsals for shows run until late as well. Now, if the doctors are saying that the 6 hours of sleep most teens get is not enough, why aren’t the schools doing anything about it? It is rediculous! If schools and parents are encouraging us to do extra-curricular activities, as well as our homework, then they should not be nagging us to go to bed early because it is simply not possible. Also, it is proven that teens do BETTER going to bed late and sleeping late, vs. going to bed early and getting up early, based on the way our brains work. Also, my friends/fellow students seem to do just fine getting 6 hours of sleep, so why should we be nagged about not getting enough? It doesn’t make sense to me.

]]> By: kitty http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/health/how-much-sleep-is-enough-for-your-kid/#comment-91115 kitty Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:19:26 +0000 http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/health/how-much-sleep-is-enough-for-your-kid/#comment-91115 i am 13 going on 14. my dad says that i need a whole 12 ours of sleep. i am going into 8th grade and i have had the same bed time since i was 3 years old. 8 o'clock. am i just crazzy or should i at least be able to go to bed at 9 o'clock? i dont get tired during the day when i go to bed and get up at 4 o'clock, soooo why do i have to go to bed at 8? how many hours should i get? i am 13 going on 14. my dad says that i need a whole 12 ours of sleep. i am going into 8th grade and i have had the same bed time since i was 3 years old. 8 o’clock. am i just crazzy or should i at least be able to go to bed at 9 o’clock? i dont get tired during the day when i go to bed and get up at 4 o’clock, soooo why do i have to go to bed at 8? how many hours should i get?

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