What are the dangers of insufficient sleep for children?

Sufficient sleep is a prerequisite for a child's normal development. However, around us, there are often children who do not get enough sleep. They either play games, surf the Internet, or do homework, and often go to bed at one or two in the morning. Lack of sleep in children has a great impact on their growth and development, for example, affecting their height and intelligence. So, specifically, what are the dangers of lack of sleep for children?

If a child lacks sleep for a long time, his height will be shorter than that of children of the same age, because lack of sleep will affect the secretion of growth hormone in children, and the level of growth hormone plays a decisive role in children's height. Therefore, it is important to ensure adequate sleep during childhood, sleep 8 to 10 hours every night, and try to go to bed early and get up early.

If children do not get enough sleep for a long time, it will also affect the development of brain cells. Due to lack of sleep, brain cells cannot get enough rest, causing children's memory to decline and their ability to respond to problems to decrease. Lack of sleep can also cause children to be lack of energy. Lack of sleep has a great impact on children's intellectual development. We must ensure that children get enough sleep in daily life.

Children who stay up late for a long time will also be prone to temper tantrums and become anxious and irritable. This is because lack of sleep will affect the body's endocrine function, and changes in hormones in the body will affect children's emotions, so children who lack sleep are prone to temper tantrums. If our children often stay up late and become irritable and angry, we want to change their bad temper. First of all, we must ensure that they get enough sleep.

Children who stay up late for a long time may also become obese because long-term lack of sleep will affect the secretion of hormones in children's bodies. Children who often stay up late also do not like to exercise.

Children who often stay up late will have dull, rough skin, yellow complexion, and look sickly. Therefore, in order for children to grow and develop normally, they must develop the habit of going to bed early and getting up early. For example, going to bed at 9 pm and getting up at 7 am. If this is maintained for a long time, it will be beneficial to the child's physical and mental development.