Child sleep development in the context of family work lives

儿童早期的睡眠是大脑健康发育最关键的活动。然而，三分之一的幼儿被父母认定有睡眠问题。这项研究旨在验证社会机制支持睡眠模式和问题发展的假设。这项研究调查了孩子们进入非父母照顾时睡眠模式的变化，以及他们在家庭和不同的照顾安排之间过渡时每天和每周的睡眠规律。发现家庭工作生活影响儿童睡眠的方式，提供了支持健康睡眠发展和避免睡眠问题的新解决方案的潜力。这对照顾者、家庭福祉和儿童的发展都有好处。

Sleep in early childhood is the single most critical activity for healthy brain development. Yet, a third of young children are identified by their parents as having a sleep problem. This study aims to test the hypothesis that social mechanisms underpin developing sleep patterns and problems. The study examines the change in sleep patterns as children enter non-parental care and the daily and weekly regularity of sleep as they transition between home and their diverse care arrangements. Discovery of the ways family work lives influence child sleep presents the potential to offer new solutions to support healthy sleep development and avert sleep problems. The benefits are for caregivers, family well-being, and children’s development.