Sleep for school-aged kids

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The typical elementary school aged child needs about 10-10.5 hours of sleep per night. So I tell the parents, try to do the math backwards. So if they have to get up at 6, that means they need to asleep by 8 p.m. to get that 10.5 hours of sleep. And I know that's hard, because I already hear the parents in my hear saying, Kim, we don't get home until - we have soccer and then there's dinner and there's homework. And how are we going to get them to sleep by 8 o'clock? We're usually not having them in the shower until 8:30. And I understand that. I think that is a really big struggle. Of course, I'm biased. Sleep is really essential. It is as important as learning is and good nutrition and taking care of our bodies. It is essential. And so I would like at is there a way to reduce the number of activities so that every night there isn't something, so that we only have late nights on Tuesdays and Thursdays? Not Mon-Sun. Somewhere where our children can catch up at least every other night on their sleep and have a slightly earlier bedtime. And I think that you'll find your children end up doing slightly better in school and oftentimes they're better behaved when they're well rested.

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Kim West, LCSW-C

Psychotherapist & Author, The Sleep Lady's Good Night, Sleep Tight

Kim West is a mother of two and a Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical (LCSW-C) who has been a practicing child and family social worker for more than 19 years. Known as The Sleep Lady by her clients, over the past 12 years she has helped thousands of tired parents all over the world learn to listen to their intuition, recognize their child’s important cues and behaviors, and gently create changes that promote and preserve his or her healthy sleep habits. 

West has appeared on the Dr. Phil, Today Show, NBC Nightly News, Good Morning America, TLC’s Bringing Home Baby  and CNN, and has been written about in a number of publications including The Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Baby Talk,  Parenting, The Baltimore Sun, USA Today, The Telegraph, The Irish Independent and the Washington Post. West hosts the sleep section of The Newborn Channel, played in maternity wards in hospitals across the country. West is the author of The Sleep Lady's Good Night, Sleep Tight: Gentle Proven Solutions to Help Your Child Sleep Well and Wake Up Happy with Joanne Kenen. She is also the author of 52 Sleep Secrets for Babies and The Good Night, Sleep Tight Workbook.

Kim received her master’s degree in Clinical Social Work from Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts. She lives with her family in Annapolis, Maryland.

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