Quality Health Guides » child care http://www.qualityhealthguides.com Quality health guides including food, fitness and other health care guides. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:27:44 +0000 en hourly 1 Daytime Nap has Benefits Beyond Rest for Kids http://www.qualityhealthguides.com/daytime-nap-has-benefits-beyond-rest-for-kids.html http://www.qualityhealthguides.com/daytime-nap-has-benefits-beyond-rest-for-kids.html#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:22:58 +0000 Health http://www.qualityhealthguides.com/?p=641 child-careThe annual meeting of Associated Professional Sleep Societies, in Seattle revealed interesting news to the public on June 8 that children taking daytime naps enjoyed greater benefits than those who did not. The nap not only gives the caretakers a break to take rest it also helps the children by reducing their anxiety level, hyperactivity and depression. The study was carried on for a period of 3.4 weeks with inputs from parents and caretakers about their children’s nap timings.

Accordingly there were two categories of students those who take a regular nap (77%) and those who don’t (23%).  The end of this study revealed the fact that in the age group of 4 to 5, children who took a timely daytime nap showed reduced levels of hyperactivity, depression and anxiety. The study also advised the parents to insist this day time nap as a necessary one and asked them to make it a point to take some rest as it would encourage children to develop this habbit.

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