Children Need Sleep
ONE of the greatest handicaps that child-life can suffer is lack of proper rest. Plenty is heard about the need for adequate food and exercise, but we don’t hear enough about the need for plenty of sleep. It is this aspect that I want to stress now. Every child must have plenty of sleep. The Auckland headmasters go so far as to suggest that a curfew regulation should be introduced for primary school children so as to keep them off the streets after a certain hour each evening, except, of course, in special circumstances, They also suggest that school teachers should emphasise the value of the golden rule "early to bed and early to rise.’ Let me add that doctors have laid down the following schedule of hours of sleep for children: Under 5 years, 12 hours’ sleep; 6 to 11 years, 11 hours; 12 to 14 years, 10 hours; and up to 17 years, 942 or 10 hours. Regular hours should be kept, even in summer, and a quiet period of about half an hour before going to bed is desirable. Once a routine is established it is not hard to keep it up. Always remember that insufficient sleep produces an irritable child who cries easily, has no appetite, and loses weight. I leave it to the parents.("Sleep and the Child," by Doctor H. B, Turbott, 1YA, October 14.)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 123, 31 October 1941, Page 5
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233Children Need Sleep New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 123, 31 October 1941, Page 5
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