Children’s Sleeplessness May Be Linked to Bedtime Use of Electronics

Children’s Sleeplessness May Be Linked to Bedtime Use of Electronics
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If you shrugged off the new screentime guidelines issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics earlier this month, you may want to grab your kid's tablet back for a second and reevaluate your position.

An analysis published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics of data from 26,000 children provides the strongest evidence yet of a link between bedtime use of electronic devices and poor sleep, inadequate sleep and excessive daytime sleepiness.

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