The Family Guide to Better Sleep:
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Step-by-step techniques for healthier sleep and happier children, teenagers and adults
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A shift has taken place that has brought sleep, our attitude to and experience of it, to our collective attention. Without doubt it has been a neglected cornerstone of health, while public dialogue has to date relentlessly focused on the importance of diet and exercise. We are starting to wonder how modern life erodes healthy sleep and why tiredness is normalised, when it makes us feel so awful? Tiredness is the major barrier to learning in schools. How sleep loss impacts on our children and young people as well as their parents and carers has never been more in need of exploration.
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Sleep disorders are rapidly rising among adults and children, the health consequences have been proven and people really do need help to understand and tackle the issues that have emerged. This book explores the role sleep plays in the physical, mental and emotional wellbeing of our children. And it empowers parents and carers to make positive changes
There is a lot of advice for parents about sleep for babies and very young children; there are emerging amounts of advice for adults who struggle with the wide variety of sleep issues. However, there is a massive gap between these and very little help available for ordinary families.
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The Family Guide to Better Sleep is for these families. Behind most front doors live people who night after night experience disruptive and exhausting bedtimes and who are invariably tired themselves. Whether they are worried about an anxious child who can’t settle at night or concerned about teenagers unable to switch off their devices and get enough vital sleep, the time has never been better for this book.
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Dawn has written for The Times on teenage sleep issues. You can read the article here.
Representation by Natalia Lucas at United Agents
“Learn how to sleep when you are young, as this book will show you, and your future happiness is secured!” - Sir Anthony Seldon