Learning is important for the kids of today. While some claim that they squeeze their brains out to make them learn, taking a look at the other side of the fence may render lack of sleep as a probable cause for kids having difficulties learning today.
Minds function practically the whole day. Even during sleep, it functions accordingly despite our subconscious stature. But the difference between being awake and asleep is that the latter acts more on its own without stress. Actually, it recalls the events that transpired during the day, something like flashbacks.
Kids and teenagers today have abused the area of sleep, choosing to have less shuteye to either go out or play their games until the wee hours of the morning. Kids just undervalue sleep today and it is showing its importance by the grades they get from schools.
(Source) Sleep expert Arthur Teng, head of the Sydney Children’s Hospital’s department of sleep medicine, believes many children are being wrongly diagnosed with learning difficulties or Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) when all they really need is more sleep.
