Early bedtime benefits: young children who sleep more score higher in school

Setting bedtime rules encourages the healthy development of preschool-aged children. In an abstract (#0040) being presented at SLEEP 2010 in San Antonio, children who had a regular bedtime scored higher on language, reading and math assessments.Earlier bedtimes were linked to higher scores in most of the developmental measures.Children who slept less than 11 hours per night, the AASM’s