Summary

Help your child return to healthy sleep habits for the school year


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Expert

Dominic Lucia, MD, Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Baylor Scott & White McLane Children's

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Published on 8/17/22

Script

BACK TO SCHOOL – BEDTIME
DR. DOMINIC LUCIA, PEDIATRICS, BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE HEALTH

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IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY, NOW IS THE TIME TO HELP YOUR CHILD RETURN TO HEALTHY SLEEP HABITS FOR THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR.

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DOCTOR DOMINIC LUCIA (LU-CHEE-UH) AT BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN’S MEDICAL CENTER RECOMMENDS GRADUALLY MOVING TO AN EARLIER BEDTIME WITH SCHOOL IN SESSION.
AND JUST LIKE FOR ADULTS, HE SAYS SCREEN TIME CLOSE TO BEDTIME CAN HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON SLEEP … SO START LIMITING EVENING USE OF DEVICES.

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DR. DOMINIC LUCIA
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE
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“Not only is it about that schedule, but we’ve also got to remove those temptations; those things are designed to keep our attention, to keep us awake, to keep part of our brains engaged from sleep. Obviously, that’s the phones, that’s video games, that’s TV.”

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HE ALSO SAYS MANY PARENTS UNDERESTIMATE HOW MUCH SLEEP CHILDREN NEED. WHILE IT VARIES BASED ON DEVELOPMENT, DR. LUCIA SAYS IT CAN RANGE FROM EIGHT TO TWELVE HOURS A NIGHT.