Kids'' rest ''affected by violent images''
27/06/2011
Violent content being shown on TV or on the internet is having an impact on kids' ability to doze off in their children's beds, researchers have claimed.
A study carried out by the Seattle Children's Research Institute discovered that watching such content has more of an effect on sleep when viewed in the evening.
Children who watched age-appropriate programmes during the day, however, were found to have had no additional problems with their sleeping patterns.
"For a seven to ten-year-old, they are really at a point where cognitively they can grasp that that's not real violence and they can see the humour in it – it's not frightening for them," commented lead author Michelle Garrison.
She emphasised that younger children, however, are not as able to make such a distinction.
A team from the University of Chicago Medical Center and Pritzker School of Medicine recently found that children who suffer from sleep apnoea may benefit from a nasal spray treatment.
Posted by Michael Ewing
