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Bedtime routines essential to child development, major study shows

Late nights and lax bedtime routines can hamper young children’s mental development according to a major study of more than 11,000 seven-year-olds.

Late nights and lax bedtime routines can hamper young children’s mental development according to a major study of more than 11,000 seven-year-olds. Children who had no regular bedtime or who went to bed later than 9pm had lower scores for reading and maths. That led University College of London researchers to conclude that there was a significant correlation between lack of sleep and how well the brain learns new information. Clear link between mental performance & lax bedtimesStudy lead Prof Amanda Sacker said that, even discounting for different family settings, the link between poorer mental performance and lax bedtimes was clear in

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