How to set up your school-age child’s bedroom so that it promotes great sleep
Would you like to set up your child’s bedroom to encourage great sleep? (Well, of course you would!) To do this, you’ll want to remove some things and add others. Let’s start by talking about what to...
View ArticleKids of “lawnmower parents” may not be great sleepers
Do you have some lawnmower parenting tendencies? You’ve heard of helicopter parenting, but there’s a new phrase making the rounds now: lawnmower parenting. Lawnmower parenting refers to a parenting...
View ArticleWhy doesn’t your child sleep well? The two mistakes you may be making during...
The bad news: you may be making two common mistakes during your preschool- or elementary-aged child’s bedtime routine that are keeping your child from sleeping well. The good news: both mistakes are...
View ArticleTips and Recommended House Rules for Electronics
Four-year-old Armand loved to play with a smartphone in bed for over an hour each night until he fell asleep. He became so used to this and so upset when his mother tried to take it away that his...
View ArticleWeighted blankets: why are they in the news so often?
I have received many requests to weigh in on (excuse the pun) weighted blankets over the past few months, so I wanted to write a blog post about these blankets in the style of an interview. Why are...
View ArticleSleep training your child benefits you as a parent, too. Here’s how.
Helping your child become a more independent sleeper at bedtime will result in many benefits to your child, of course, but you will reap the benefits, too. Let’s review just a few of the reasons. You...
View ArticleHow Should I Deal with My Child’s Night Wakings?
Six-year-old Emma fell asleep in her own bed each night but, just after midnight when her parents were deeply asleep, Emma slipped undetected into her parents’ bed like a little ninja and stayed until...
View ArticleHow Should I Deal with My Child’s Nightmares or Sleep Terrors?
Let’s first talk about the differences between nightmares and sleep terrors. A nightmare is a bad dream that causes a child to wake up with feelings of fear. Nightmares are very common in young...
View ArticleSimple Ways to Improve Your Sleep
Most of my blog posts are aimed at helping parents improve their children’s sleep. These days, however, sleep is not easy to come by for any of us, so this post focuses on how to improve your own...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Helping your child sleep well during difficult times
Since I’m a behavioral sleep psychologist, some of you have been reaching out to me during these difficult times to ask how you can keep your children’s sleep on track. (Note that I also published a...
View Article
