Show exercise and study do not affect childs sleep the question of whether or not extremely active play or concentrated study by a child shortly be before re tiring affects the childs sleep need not lot trouble mothers and teachers any longer for it 11 Is answered with authority by dr glenville giddings in your childs sleep an article in hygeia Ily gela the sleep patterns of a group of twelve twe ive children were recorded by an electric device on nights when they had participated in these activities and on normal nights comparison of the sleep patterns of them two periods showed conclusively the author says that intensive study ot of their school lessons or intensive physical exer exercise cite in the late after noon or early evening by normal children has no appreciable effect on their sleep |