What are the disadvantages of children staying up late

Staying up late is a behavior that many people do nowadays. People are busy at work during the day, so they like to watch movies, play games or something like that at night to relax. While playing, they unknowingly reach the early morning. Staying up late is not a good thing for the human body, especially for children. It will affect their physical development, reduce their resistance, etc. Here we will introduce in detail the disadvantages of staying up late for children.

The pace of life nowadays is generally fast and stressful, and many parents do not have the habit of going to bed early. It’s a good thing that they don’t have the habit of going to bed early, as sometimes it may affect the children around them. The editor has a friend like this, a couple runs a Taobao business together. When my wife was just 9 or 10 months old after giving birth to the child, she would sit in front of the computer every day. The child needed his mother, so every night he was like his mother and could not go to bed until after 12 o'clock. Little do they know that this can cause great harm to the baby.

Our ancestors have a saying that goes "Early to bed and early to rise makes a healthy body." Staying up late and staying up late is very harmful to the body. If you stay up late for a long time, it will affect your growth and development. Such an impact is definitely more harmful than suffering from a serious illness.

1. Affect the intellectual development of the brain

Studies have confirmed that deep sleep is closely related to memory processing, and the brain must reconstruct memories before storing them in order to enhance creative thinking. If you lack sleep for a long time or go to bed late and do not get enough rest, it will affect your brain's creative thinking and ability to handle things. Children who go to bed late have poor concentration and memory. If a child has poor intelligence, it will have an impact on all aspects of his or her future growth.

2. Affect children's growth and development

The secretion of growth hormone increases significantly during sleep, and the peak secretion amount is 5 to 7 times the daytime secretion. In the non-sleeping state, the secretion of growth hormone is less. Growth hormone is a protein secreted by pituitary cells that promotes the growth of bones and cartilage, thereby increasing body height. The peak periods of secretion are 21:00-1:00 in the evening and 5:00-7:00 in the morning. If you are not asleep or have woken up during these two time periods, it will no longer be secreted, and the impact on your child's height may be obvious.

3. Susceptible to various diseases

Sufficient sleep at night can not only eliminate fatigue, but also improve the body's immune function. Children who go to bed late may experience lack of energy, decreased appetite, weight loss, general fatigue, etc. Some children are also prone to diseases such as bronchitis and allergic rhinitis. Children who lack sleep are also prone to emotional excitement, accelerated blood flow, high blood pressure, and faster heart rate and breathing. It also affects the normal regulation of sex hormones by the pituitary gland, resulting in precocious puberty.

4. Develop a bad temper

Lack of sleep can easily lead to fatigue, which manifests itself in irritability, temper tantrum, and difficulty in calming down. Children may throw tantrums and cry easily, which is very detrimental to the formation of good character.

What should I do if my child always stays up late?

1. Create a warm sleeping environment for your child.

Keep your bedroom quiet and eliminate distractions from television or other noisy sounds.

2. Let children develop the habit of keeping a regular schedule from an early age .

Let your child brush his teeth, wash his face, urinate, turn off the lights, etc. before going to bed every night. By repeating the same actions every day, it will help create a good atmosphere before going to bed.

3. Let your child go to bed when the time comes.

Some parents think that their children will go to bed on their own as long as they are tired from playing, so they don’t urge their children to develop the habit of regular sleep. Children will play until they are exhausted and will of course eventually collapse and fall asleep, but this usually comes after a period of emotional over-excitement or nervousness during which they become unreasonably fussy. Children's good sleeping habits will not develop automatically, they need the help of adults to develop them. If children still don't want to sleep at bedtime, adults need to pay more attention and prepare a fixed bedtime ritual to help them develop a habit. Like telling bedtime stories to soothe their emotions so that they don’t have to fall asleep until they are exhausted, but can fall asleep contentedly and wake up contentedly the next morning. This is the ideal routine for children.