It is back to school time, everybody. And so we are working on helping all of these kids not only stay healthy, but keep all of that knowledge absorbing into the brain here. And so one of the most important parts of that, and a lot of you parents are already doing things with this or have been working on this, is taking care of a good sleep schedule and good sleep hygiene. Having good sleep is going to be one of the most important pieces in the puzzle of taking that information from short-term to long-term memory. So taking advantage of all of that that we're doing at school. But also making sure that our body and our brains recover so that we don't have such a short fuse the next day.
And so one of the easiest ways to do this, and I promise you it will make a difference tonight if you put it into play, is helping to control the light in your environment, in the space of either your bedroom or the time when we're working on getting calmed down and getting ready for bed. So that's going to be your screens, that's going to be the overhead lighting, that's going to be any light that's coming in from outside. If we can control the light and how much of it is hitting the eyes, and especially what type with those devices, that is going to make a big difference for your child's sleep schedule throughout the start of the school year and through the whole thing.
If you have any questions, contact our office.
-Dr. Daniel
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