Sleepless in America: Is Your Child Misbehaving...or Missing Sleep? - Softcover

Kurcinka M.A., Mary Sheedy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 006073602X ISBN 13: 9780060736026

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2007

Synopsis

Does your child

• Refuse to cooperate in the morning?
• Get into trouble for not listening?
• "Lose it" over seemingly insignificant issues?
• Seem to resist sleep?

An estimated 69 percent of American infants, children, and teens are sleep deprived. Studies have shown that sleep deficits can contribute to hyperactivity, distraction, forgetfulness, learning problems, illness, accidents, and disruptive behaviors. Often what our misbehaving kids really need isn't more "consequences" or more medication but more sleep.

Sleepless in America offers weary and frustrated parents a helping hand and an exciting new approach to managing challenging behaviors by integrating research on stress, sleep, and temperament with practical strategies and a five-step approach that enables parents to help their "tired and wired" children get the sleep they so desperately need.

About this title

Review:

"A well-written, comprehensive, and above all loving and positive approach to understanding that oh-so challenging child."--Evonne Weinhaus and Karen Friedman, authors of Stop Struggling with Your Child and Stop Struggling with Your Teen

"Mary Sheedy Kurcinka's Sleepless in America has some of the best tips for sleepy families."--Minneapolis Star Tribune

About the Author:

Mary Sheedy Kurcinka, Ed. D is a bestselling author and internationally recognized lecturer and parent educator. Born on a third-generation dairy farm in Minnesota, Mary now lives with her husband in Bozeman, Montana. She is the proud mother of one son and one daughter -- now adults with whom she loves to spend time. A former director of one of Minnesota's largest Early Childhood Family Education programs, Mary is the founder of the Spirited Child and Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles workshops. She is the author of Raising your Spirited Child; Sleepless in America; and Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 006073602X
• ISBN 13: 9780060736026
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352