{"id":4486,"date":"2014-02-22T15:07:56","date_gmt":"2014-02-22T22:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=4486"},"modified":"2014-02-22T15:10:06","modified_gmt":"2014-02-22T22:10:06","slug":"children-suffer-rise-in-sleep-problems-because-of-xbox-consoles-and-apple-iphones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=4486","title":{"rendered":"Children suffer rise in sleep problems because of &#8216;Xbox consoles and Apple iPhones&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHILDREN are suffering a rise in sleeping problems caused by playing video games and texting before bedtime, a study has claimed today.<\/p>\n<p>By: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/search\/Dion+Dassanayake?s=Dion+Dassanayake&amp;b=1\">Dion Dassanayake<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Published: Fri, December 27, 2013<\/p>\n<p>Xbox and Playstation consoles along with Apple iPhones have sparked the sharp rise, according to doctors at Alder Hey children&#8217;s hospital in Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>Experts say traditional remedies like having a bath before bedtime or being read a story in bed can cure the sleeping problems.<\/p>\n<p>But they also said that long working hours among parents mean that often does not happen.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Richard Appleton, consultant paediatric neurologist at the hospital, said: &#8220;There are sleep problems where families put their children to bed at appropriate times but they are playing the Playstation or Xbox and are hyped-up, or they&#8217;ve had a fizzy drink so they are caffeinated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the study children were given sleep diaries to look at what habits they got into before bedtime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><em>There are sleep problems where families put their children to bed at appropriate times but they are playing the Playstation or Xbox and are hyped-up<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Dr Richard Appleton<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It found that once children phased out bad sleeping habits, such as playing games before bed time, they were able to fall asleep more quickly.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Appleton said that good parenting can stop children getting into bad &#8220;sleep hygiene&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;When I was a child I used to go under the sheets with a torch to read my books but now we have TV, Xboxes, Playstations and mobile phones that children are playing online with their friends.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When parents come in from work, they&#8217;re both shattered with no time to read the child a story before bed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It sounds old-fashioned but it&#8217;s part of the problem. A high proportion of the population do not have proper sleep habits before going to bed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/science-technology\/450643\/Children-suffer-rise-in-sleep-problems-because-of-Xbox-consoles-and-Apple-iPhones\">http:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/science-technology\/450643\/Children-suffer-rise-in-sleep-problems-because-of-Xbox-consoles-and-Apple-iPhones<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHILDREN are suffering a rise in sleeping problems caused by playing video games and texting before bedtime, a study has claimed today. By: Dion Dassanayake Published: Fri, December 27, 2013 Xbox and Playstation consoles along with Apple iPhones have sparked the sharp rise, according to doctors at Alder Hey children&#8217;s hospital in Liverpool. Experts say [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,183],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wifi","category-wireless-game-systems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4486"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4488,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4486\/revisions\/4488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}