According to reports, one-in-two children will suffer from sleep issues to varying degrees. For adults, one-in-five suffer from sleep problems.
As parents and carers of young children, this will probably not surprise you. As a former nurse turned sleep practitioner going into alternative educational provisions that educate children who cannot attend mainstream education, I believe that there is a general lack of understanding surrounding sleep and an acceptance that poor sleep is simply the norm.
In actual fact poor sleep should not be the norm just as we would not accept poor health as normal in this country.
I believe good sleep can be learnt. We can create good sleep habits if we are educated about sleep.
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