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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's probably not the case with the child in this article, but a huge problem is lack of sleep making little kids cranky and in some cases violent.  I personally know of two kids this age who were suspended from daycare where the main issue was that mom and dad had to get everyone up really, really early to get everyone to school and work, sometimes via public transportation.  I think that the bad performance of many neighborhood schools driving families to commute further in search of better schools has a downside in that it makes it harder to get kids enough sleep.  I'd love to see DC do a public education campaign on the importance of proper sleep, and to get to the point where all neighborhood schools are good schools.[/quote]

Absolutely. Add to that the fact that kids in distressed neighborhoods are often living in apartment buildings or on streets where there is noise all hours of the night.  People out all night, sirens, stuff going on in the apartments/houses next door... it all adds to a situation where sleep can be difficult and is rarely uninterrupted.[/quote]

Same PP - just to be clear though, I think the majority of kids with really really challenging behavior is from those kids being exposed to either lack of supervision or actual bad behaviors at home.  Sleeplessness can make some kids cranky, but the kids really acting out usually have a lot more going on than just being tired.[/quote]

I don't think anyone should underestimate the effects of sleep deprivation.  There's some statistic out there that four out of every five oeople gets less than  seven hours' sleep and I'm pretty sure it's the root cause of most of the assholery in my workplace. My kid's a total Mr. Hyde if he gets to sleep just a half hour past his normal bedtime.

It's not just low-income households.  And, since I'm the one who mentioned my kid's food allergies, I have to say the prevalence of food allergies - especially those undiagnosed - can be a really insidious stress inducer that exacerbate every problem and affect everyone's behavior.  You have no idea what is going on and the people who are supposed to help (in our case, our pediatrician) have no clue what to do. The memory of that frustration makes [i]me[/i] want to throw a chair.  Seriously.  We had great teachers at our (private) preschool who said look into allergies and thankfully not, "get your kid out of our school."[/quote]

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