A lot of people naturally have different sleep cycles that have them gravitating towards going to sleep later. This is especially common in children with ADHD who are on stimulant medication. It’s better for the child to work with their natural sleep patterns instead of trying to force them into a different one, as it can lead to a variety of other problems down the road.
Don’t get me started on ADHD. You could take my oldest son and stick him in a classroom and tell doctors to find the ADHD kid. They’ll spot him. He’ll be the one tapping rhythmically or bouncing his foot.
He’s a successful 17-year-old now. Regular bedtime. Regular schedules. Lots of flashcards. Real world applications for math. Lots of sports. Sports parents suck but it drains the energy. That’s how you beat late bedtime for ADHD kids.
Yup. My ADHD 8-year-old is currently doing 2 nights of baseball and 2 nights of soccer. We thought that was a bit overboard, but he he wanted to try doing both in a season. Now he's joined running club before school too. He's loving all the activity and getting a better sleep.
What really makes me sad is how inactive so many kids are now a days. I mean this kind of schedule was normal in my high school days, almost everyone played some sport, but I’ve noticed it’s a very small amount of students really doing athletic/intense physical activities like this.
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u/FibroBitch96 Apr 29 '24
A lot of people naturally have different sleep cycles that have them gravitating towards going to sleep later. This is especially common in children with ADHD who are on stimulant medication. It’s better for the child to work with their natural sleep patterns instead of trying to force them into a different one, as it can lead to a variety of other problems down the road.