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Article: Survey: Children Not Getting Enough Sleep
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- March 30, 2004
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AP Online
03-30-2004
Dateline: WASHINGTON
Children are sleeping less than experts recommend and many parents are not happy about it, according to a survey of American households by the National Sleep Foundation.
The foundation, an independent organization that supports sleep education, announced Tuesday that its annual survey found that children, from newborns to fifth-graders, are getting one to two hours less sleep every 24 hours than is recommended.
The survey found that infants, age 3 to 11 months, were getting about 12.7 hours of sleep daily, while experts suggest 14 to 15 hours.
For toddlers, age 12 to 35 months, the poll found that the average child slept 11.7 hours, while 12 to 14 ...