This page is about sleep in primary school children. It's part of a whole section on sleeping sound [1].
This happens when a child goes to bed later than they should. Your child may:
Your child falls asleep late and wakes up late. They often need to be woken up by someone else. During school holidays or on weekends your child will:
Find out how to manage delayed sleep [2].
Some children are unable to go to sleep at the start of the night or fall back to sleep overnight without a special thing or activity. This is called sleep onset association disorder and can stop children getting to sleep too. Key features are:
Find out how to manage sleep association [3].
This happens when a child stalls or refuses to go to bed at the right time. Your child will:
Find out how to manage bedtime resistance [4].
We do not really know how common anxiety is as a cause of sleep problems in school children, but it is probably common. Children with anxiety may:
Find out how to manage anxiety as a cause of sleep problems [5].
Children with insomnia have difficulties falling asleep, staying asleep and/or waking up early in the morning. Children with insomnia may:
Find out how to manage insomnia [6].
Children with restless legs have an uncomfortable feeling in their legs when trying to fall asleep or during the night. Children with restless legs may:
Find out how to manage restless legs [7].
Starship Foundation and the Paediatric Society of New Zealand thank the Centre for Community Child Health at the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute and Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, for making this content available to parents and families.
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This page last reviewed 15 March 2023.
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[1] https://kidshealth.org.nz/tags/sleeping-sound?language=ton
[2] https://kidshealth.org.nz/delayed-sleep?language=ton
[3] https://kidshealth.org.nz/sleep-association-management?language=ton
[4] https://kidshealth.org.nz/managing-sleep-problems-bedtime-resistance?language=ton
[5] https://kidshealth.org.nz/anxiety-management?language=ton
[6] https://kidshealth.org.nz/insomnia-management?language=ton
[7] https://kidshealth.org.nz/restless-legs-syndrome?language=ton
[8] https://kidshealth.org.nz/sites/kidshealth/files/pdfs/Getting_to_Sleep_SleepingSound.pdf?language=ton
[9] https://kidshealth.org.nz/node/2542?language=rar
[10] https://www.sleepwake.ac.nz/what-we-do/covid-19-resources/sleep-for-parents-and-babies/
[11] https://www.sleepwake.ac.nz/what-we-do/covid-19-resources/childrens-sleep-for-parents/
[12] https://www.sleepwake.ac.nz/what-we-do/covid-19-resources/childrens-sleep-for-children/
[13] https://www.sleepwake.ac.nz/what-we-do/covid-19-resources/sleep-for-teenagers/
[14] https://kidshealth.org.nz/contact?from=http%3A%2F%2Fkidshealth.org.nz%2Fprint%2F1796%3Flanguage%3Drar