Roughly thirty percent of the population is estimated to be living with insomnia, while many more unknowingly suffer from other sleep disorders. Macedo learned the hard way how valuable sleep is, and how it affects everything from our heart to our brain to our immune system. She had tried sleep tip after sleep tip, but nothing worked. Attacking the problem as a journalist, she got to the bottom of what really keeps us from sleeping-- and the various...

"In The Sleep-Deprived Teen, parenting journalist Lisa L. Lewis provides parents with the roadmap for more (and better) sleep for their teens--and perhaps even for themselves. Pick up this actionable guide for parents of exhausted teens. Teenagers are tired, strapped for time, and often asked to wake up far earlier than they should due to school start times. In The Sleep-Deprived Teen, Lisa L. Lewis, who helped spark the first law in the nation requiring...

Si existe una conducta que todos realizamos es dormir. Todos dormimos, mejor o peor, m̀s o menos horas, porque el suęo es necesario para la vida. No obstante, parece que dormir bien ya no es lo natural para las personas. Datos de la Organizaci̤n Mundial de la Salud estiman que la mitad la poblaci̤n mundial duerme mal y se prev̌ que esta cifra vaya en aumento si no se modifican los h̀bitos y el estilo de vida que llevamos actualmente en las...

Rhyming verses followed by factual information briefly describe the sleep habits of a variety of animals.

In this cumulative tale, a wakeful flea atop a number of sleeping creatures causes a commotion, with just one bite.

The author of the Mr. Lemoncello books brings his wit and humor to a pint-sized audience in this picture book debut that turns the universal dilemma of getting kids to sleep on its head. It's time for a nap but, just like stubborn toddlers everywhere, Annalise Devin McFleece won't have anything to do with bedtime. Dad tries to encourage sleepiness by pushing her around the park in her stroller. Along the way, they pass a man sitting on a bench, dog...

"In her new book, Arianna Huffington, the co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, and the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Thrive delves into the sleep revolution that is happening all across the world--a revolution that can transform our lives. Sleep, she writes, is one of humanity's great unifiers, binding us to each other, to our ancestors, to our past, and to the future. Yet we find ourselves in the middle of a crisis...

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...