Sleepless in America: Is Your Child Misbehaving or Missing Sleep?

From the author of Raising
Your Spirited Child, the award-winning bestseller that has helped millions,
a pioneering, research-based guide for parents to help their children get the
sleep they need.

Does your child refuse
to cooperate in the morning? Does he or she get into trouble for not listening?
Are you finding that your child resists sleep and "loses it" over
seemingly insignificant issues?

You are not alone. 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 kids really need
isn't more "consequences" or more medication, but more sleep.

Sleepless in America offers weary and frustrated parents a helping hand and an
exciting new approach to managing challenging behaviors by integrating research
on stress, sleep, and temperament with practical strategies. Dr. Mary has
helped millions with her effective parenting tips and insights, and her five-step
approach enables parents to help their "tired and wired" children get
the sleep they so desperately need.

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? Are you tired? Really tired?

An estimated 70 million American infants, children, and teens are sleep deprived. Could your child be one of them? Studies have shown that sleep deficits can contribute to hyperactivity, distraction, forgetfulness, learning problems, illness, accidents, and disruptive behaviors. Yet despite overwhelming scientific evidence, the connection between children's sleep habits and their behavioral and health problems has remained, until now, largely unrecognized.

In this warm and practical guide, Mary Sheedy Kurcinka shows you how to:

• recognize whether your child is misbehaving or missing sleep
• identify the normal, everyday activities that may be innocently disrupting your child's sleep
• end the bedtime and nighttime struggles, and as a result, stop the "misbehaviors" during the day
• get the sleep your whole family deserves

Sleepless in America offers weary and frustrated parents a helping hand and an exciting new approach to managing challenging behaviors. With her characteristic enthusiasm, pragmatism, and extensive experience as a teacher and parent educator, Kurcinka explains that often what our misbehaving kids really need is not more "consequences" or more medication, but more sleep. Integrating research on stress, sleep, and temperament with practical strategies and a five-step approach, Sleepless in America enables parents to help their "tired and wired" children get the sleep they so desperately need.

When we choose sleep, we choose a happier, healthier, and more successful life for our families. With Sleepless in America, Mary Sheedy Kurcinka helps us make that choice.

“A well-written, comprehensive, and above all loving and positive approach to understanding that oh-so challenging child.” - Evonne Weinhaus and Karen Friedman, authors of Stop Struggling with Your Child and Stop Struggling with Your Teen

“Mary Sheedy Kurcinka’s Sleepless in America has some of the best tips for sleepy families.” - Minneapolis Star Tribune

“Mary Sheedy Kurcinka again demonstrates her extensive grasp of the nature and needs of today’s children. A great many parents will find this book helpful in its comprehensiveness, accuracy, clarity, and good sense.” - William B. Carey, M.D., The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

“A truly impressive book about a very important issue. . . . Her appreciation and empathy for the challenges of parenting are evident on every page of this remarkable book.” - Robert Brooks, Ph.D., Harvard University, co-author of Raising Resilient Children