August 6, 2012

ARTICLES / TV: Kids who watch age-appropriate TV, movies sleep better

Changing the type of DVDs, videos and TV shows that preschoolers watch during the day may help them sleep better at night.

A program that encouraged parents of kids ages 3 to 5 to replace age-inappropriate media content with more suitable programming found "long-lasting, significant reductions in sleep problems," says Michelle Garrison of Seattle Children's Research Institute, lead author of the study in Monday's Pediatrics.

full article on the USA today website

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