Your child's body is listening

The bedtime battle is not just about behaviour. It is about biology. Children living with ADHD are already slow to produce melatonin, the sleep hormone, which means the body needs extra help knowing that sleep is coming. This episode looks at the science of sleep routines and why doing the same things in the same order every night is not just good parenting practice. It is a biological signal. One that, with enough repetition, the brain learns to respond to.SCIENCE REFERENCESCrowley, S. J., & Carskadon, M. A. (2010). Modifications to weekend recovery sleep delay circadian phase in older adolescents. Chronobiology International, 27(7), 1469 to 1492.