UniSA professor calls for parents to check child s sleep before switching off
The struggle to get your child to go to sleep and stay asleep is something most parents can relate to. Once the bedtime battle is over and the kids have finally nodded off, many parents tune out as well.
But University of South Australia researcher Professor Kurt Lushington is calling for parents to check on their small snoozers before switching off.
He says knowing the quality of a child s sleep is important, as it could be an indicator of sleep-disordered breathing - an under-reported medical condition that can affect a child s health and wellbeing.
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