It is not only adults who are suffering from too little good-quality sleep; many children are as well. Children are not managing to get themselves off to sleep at night and, when they do, the quality of their sleep is not good enough to satisfy the needs of their minds and bodies. Many children do not even manage to sleep through the night and, when they wake up, wander into their parents' bed. The result is that both parents and child suffer from some degree of sleep deprivation.
Parents who are tired often find it difficult to be patient and give their child the time they need to complete routine tasks at their own speed.
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