Overview

• In the weeklong study, 83% of parents believed sleep was sufficient while only 14% of children met American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations.
• Trackers recorded about 38 minutes awake per night on average, compared with parental reports of under five minutes of wakefulness.
• Among the 102 Rhode Island elementary students, Latino children slept less on average and only 4.4% met guidelines versus 22.8% of non-Latino peers.
• Researchers used wrist-worn accelerometers along with parent surveys and daily sleep diaries, and the findings were published in Frontiers in Pediatrics.
• The team noted device limitations that may overestimate sleep and urged consistent routines, daytime activity, screen limits before bed, and clearer clinician-family communication.