What will Happen if Your Child Lack of Sleep

Children whose often have difficulty to concentrating in school or do their job is often misunderstood form of behavioral disorder difficult to concentrate or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).But actually if we observed further, difficulty of concentrating in many children can be result of rest or sleep. sometimes parents do not realize that.

Sleep disorders in children can affect the entire family. School age children need at least 10-12 hours of sleep everyday. Homework, sports, after-school activities, TV, computer and video games as well as busy parents can contribute to lack of sleep in children.

A recent study has shown that the impact of a child's lack of sleep is among them are easily tired during the day, difficulty in concentration, irritability and frustration, and difficulty modulating impulses and emotions. Here is a wide range of effects caused by the child's lack of sleep:

Sleeping in class

It is such a natural that if a child less sleep at night, as a result he would sleep in class in the next day. This effect on the loss of the information provided by the teacher and may only listen half-hearted. Children will not feel fresh and energetic.

Lack of concentration 

Lack of sleep will cause fatigue in children and he can not focus well on an important subjects.

Grumpy

Lack of sleep can cause irritability or hyperactive behavior in children, making them difficult to concentrate in school.

IQ Degradation

 Researchers at the University of Virginia found that children who suffer from insomnia having decreased intelligence. They can also had lower score in school and may not be able to develop good relationships with peers. The experts found that sleeping could protect the memory. The sooner you sleep after studying for an exam, the more likely you are to remember it.

Emotional problems

Lack of sleep can increase the stress hormone, cortisol. The result of it can occur problems related to depression and anxiety. It can make kids feel sad, angry, tired, nauseous and worried the whole time. Because he's so young, so it's hard for him to be able to know how to handle negative emotions. Children can only cry, lose all hope and confidence. Fear may begin nesting in his mind.

Weight problems

A study from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that sleep deprivation can lead to obesity in children. It is known, for each additional hour of sleep in children, the risk weight raised about 9 percent. The study also found that children who lack sleep 92 percent more likely to be obese as adults than those who get enough sleep.

It's hard to think logically

Lack of sleep can lead to fatigue and kill the ability to think in a logical way. An active mind is very important for a child to think logically. All the lessons that children learn in school may be lost due to lack of sleep.

Development of ADHD

A study conducted by the University of Michigan and published in the journal Pediatrics found that sleep apnea, snoring and other sleep disorders can give contribution to occurrence of ADHD in children. Parents of children with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) is usually seen their children are weak and often restless during sleep. Even in some cases found the child more often wake up at night than their peers.

Diabetes

This is another adverse effect of sleep deprivation on children. Lack of sleep in children affects the absorption of glucose. According to the American Diabetes Association, reducing two hours of sleep every night for a week was associated can affect insulin resistance, thereby increasing the risk of diabetes. The risk of obesity due to lack of sleep may also increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life.