Experts have said that the bi-annual changing of the clocks can have an effect on the amount of time young people spend in their children’s beds . The assistant professor of pediatrics at St Louis University School of Medicine told stltoday.com that even the smallest change to a time zone can have a negative impact on a child’s sleep patterns. Effectively, children are experiencing the symptoms of jet lag when they face a time change. According to the assistant professor, most school children need to sleep for around ten hours each night, but the changing time of the sunrise can cause disruption. When children progress to their teenage years, the amount of sleep they require tends to decrease slightly – to an average of nine hours per night. By adulthood, they will need only 6-8 hours’ sleep in their double beds every night. In related news, the BBC has reported that Scottish school children are to start taking lessons in sleeping, after a successful pilot scheme to introduce these lessons to the national curriculum.
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