AT WHAT AGE SHOULD CHILDREN STOP TAKING NAPS?

INCORRECT The answer is B, it depends on individual circumstances.

The amount of sleep we need varies from person to person, and from day to day. Generally speaking, our need for sleep decreases as we get older, babies and younger children are more likely to require a nap, whereas older children and adults are usually able to manage without. Taking a nap close to bedtime isn’t a great idea as rather like eating a snack right before a meal, it can reduce your appetite for the main event. However, whatever age you are, short naps (of under 30 minutes) earlier in the day can relieve tiredness and contribute to a healthy sleep cycle.

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The amount of sleep we need varies from person to person, and from day to day. Generally speaking, our need for sleep decreases as we get older, babies and younger children are more likely to require a nap, whereas older children and adults are usually able to manage without. Taking a nap close to bedtime isn’t a great idea as rather like eating a snack right before a meal, it can reduce your appetite for the main event. However, whatever age you are, short naps (of under 30 minutes) earlier in the day can relieve tiredness and contribute to a healthy sleep cycle

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Many different factors influence our circadian clock, including mealtimes, body temperature and light levels. However, light levels are thought to have the strongest influence. Receptor cells in the back of eyes detect the levels of light a person is exposed to and send a signal to the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus (SCN) which is an area in the brain responsible for regulating the circadian clock.

INCORRECT, the answer is A, light levels.

Many different factors influence our circadian clock, including mealtimes, body temperature and light levels. However, light levels are thought to have the strongest influence. Receptor cells in the back of eyes detect the levels of light a person is exposed to and send a signal to the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus (SCN) which is an area in the brain responsible for regulating the circadian clock.

INCORRECT, The answer is B, 30 minutes 

Bedtime routines works best when they are short and simple to follow, partly because this makes them easily repeatable. 

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Bedtime routines works best when they are short and simple to follow, partly because this makes them easily repeatable. 

INCORRECT, The answer is C, when you regularly get less sleep than you need.

Sleep debt is the difference between the amount of sleep you get and the amount of sleep you need. It can accumulate over time for example if on school days you go to bed at the same time but need to wake up earlier than at weekends, you would get an hour’s less sleep than you need each week night. By Friday you would have built a 5 hour sleep debt.

INCORRECT, The answer is C, when you regularly get less sleep than you need.

Sleep debt is the difference between the amount of sleep you get and the amount of sleep you need. It can accumulate over time for example if on school days you go to bed at the same time but need to wake up earlier than at weekends, you would get an hour’s less sleep than you need each week night. By Friday you would have built a 5 hour sleep debt.

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Sleep debt is the difference between the amount of sleep you get and the amount of sleep you need. It can accumulate over time for example if on school days you go to bed at the same time but need to wake up earlier than at weekends, you would get an hour’s less sleep than you need each week night. By Friday you would have built a 5 hour sleep debt.

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When we become anxious or worried, it is both biologically and psychologically harder to get to sleep. Whilst the breathing exercises themselves don’t make you sleep, they can help to reduce your stress levels and reducing your stress levels can help you fall asleep . 

INCORRECT, The answer is A, it's true, breathing exercises CAN help you sleep.

When we become anxious or worried, it is both biologically and psychologically harder to get to sleep. Whilst the breathing exercises themselves don’t make you sleep, they can help to reduce your stress levels and reducing your stress levels can help you fall asleep . 

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Spending a long time tossing and turning in your bed before getting to sleep can be really unpleasant. If it happens regularly it can contribute to a real dread of bedtime and this dread makes it even harder to get to sleep. Bedtime fading is a technique that starts by cutting out this period of tossing and turning by putting your child to bed closer to the time they are currently falling asleep. As bedtimes get easier and the stress levels drop, it becomes easier to fall asleep. Once your child is falling asleep easily, you gradually move the bedtime earlier until your child is falling asleep easily at the time you would like.

INCORRECT, The answer is A, its a behavioural technique. 

Spending a long time tossing and turning in your bed before getting to sleep can be really unpleasant. If it happens regularly it can contribute to a real dread of bedtime and this dread makes it even harder to get to sleep. Bedtime fading is a technique that starts by cutting out this period of tossing and turning by putting your child to bed closer to the time they are currently falling asleep. As bedtimes get easier and the stress levels drop, it becomes easier to fall asleep. Once your child is falling asleep easily, you gradually move the bedtime earlier until your child is falling asleep easily at the time you would like.

INCORRECT, it's B, the pattern of brain activity during sleep

We used to think that our brains were less active at night than during the day, because we are less active at night. Recent advances in technology have helped us to gather more information on the way our brains operate at night and we now know that although a sleeping brain operates differently from a waking one, it remains highly active when we sleep.

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We used to think that our brains were less active at night than during the day, because we are less active at night. Recent advances in technology have helped us to gather more information on the way our brains operate at night and we now know that although a sleeping brain operates differently from a waking one, it remains highly active when we sleep.

INCORRECT, it's B, 33%

Humans should sleep for approximately one third of their lives. Generally speaking, our need for sleep is greatest when we are youngest, with new-born babies sometimes sleeping for more than 50% of the time. As adults our sleep need decreases so that on average we spend one third of our lives asleep. 

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Humans should sleep for approximately one third of their lives. Generally speaking, our need for sleep is greatest when we are youngest, with new-born babies sometimes sleeping for more than 50% of the time. As adults our sleep need decreases so that on average we spend one third of our lives asleep. 

INCORRECT, it's B, 33%

Humans should sleep for approximately one third of their lives. Generally speaking, our need for sleep is greatest when we are youngest, with new-born babies sometimes sleeping for more than 50% of the time. As adults our sleep need decreases so that on average we spend one third of our lives asleep.