午睡時候

s1008283

各位家長:

  你們的小朋友還有睡午眠嗎?  幾大開始唔訓呢?

  我剛上左幾堂 eParent Seminar, 有一條問題問, 幾多歲唔洗午眠.  答案竟然係 3歲半!!  k1 only.  我覺得唔正確, 特別哩到係教人既 eParent.  哩到唔係芬蘭, 香港小朋友唔係 6時上床6時醒, 香港小朋友上學唔係玩, 係有壓力地學習, (未計各式各樣既 ECA),  香港小朋友無大自然每日去洗滌身心, 連玩既時候都唔夠, 重提議無午眠!!  小朋友好慘!

  我小朋友都曾經唔想午眠, 話自己好精神唔做bb, 但係無午眠既精神係好明顯地差, 一直支持到5pm, 就發作, 發脾氣.  就算係開 party, 去玩都係咁. 小小事情都會有唔開心, 而如果發生左早上係無問題.  之後我同小朋友講明白, 精神唔夠係比較容易做錯事  blah blah blah, 咁佢情緒又定番好多, 開朗同開心.  其實生活係香港既小朋友唔會有好多年可以午眠, 大陪份小學要讀全日, 唔會有時間午眠.  我可能做到既只有盡量保障我小朋友既休閒時間.

  身邊都有小朋友3yrs 就唔訓, 家長無堅持, 但係晚上乖巧既小朋友就會有好多堅持, 要家人陪/玩.  每朝要用alarm clock, 假期訓到11點.  你覺得哩個小朋友休息時間夠嗎??

  睡眠時間係好個人既, 我又無咩 research paper 去証明什麼.  但我諗如果小朋友可以每朝都係自然訓醒, 好有精神咁去玩, 去學習, 咁唔係更有效率嗎?  休息未必係懶, 可以係為走更長既路呀.

s1007178

totally agree!!!!!!!!!

s1006787

1# s1008283
我讚成小朋友三、四歲都應該有午睡, 當然午睡的時間不要太長(1-2小時左右)。國內一些公司都有午睡時間給工人, 甚至西班牙一些公司原來都有午睡時間, 可以増加員工的工作效率， 更何況是小朋友呢?  其實我覺得無需要刻意禁止小朋友午睡, 待他們上小學時, 真的想午睡也沒可能了。

tamceci

Totally agree! My son daily he 午睡 1-2 Hrs.
At night he sleep @ 9:00pm-9:30pm and he wake up @ 6:30am-7:00am

jackieee

Me 2! My son is almost 4 and he still needs 2 hours nap every afternoon.  He sleeps from 9pm to 7.45am.

s1008283

My girl is 5 already!  But I still let her sleep 1 to 1.5 hrs.  Even though she wants to play, but still I can tell that she needs that nap;  her energy level drops at 5pm.  And my girl already sleeps from 9 - 7, only 11 hours per day, hardly enough, sometime she has black eye circle.  I just can't make her to sleep more. sigh.

s1007416

I agree small child needs their afternoon nap, but I would like to point out that the seminar has suggested the following:

1.  Every child is different and they have their own schedule of progression
2.  The recommendation is a reference only and does not meant it has to be followed to the dot
3.  Parents can assist the child to start reducing the amount of time required for afternoon nap, and at most with no more than 4 hours a day.  It did not suggest to stop afternoon nap totally.

Anyway, as most have already pointed out, children in Hong Kong will no longer have the luxury of afternoon nap when they go to primary school.  It is only 2.5 to 3 years (3.5 years old to 6 years old) gap anyway.  The child knows what s/he wants, and we as parents can tell if we have put the efforts to "listen" to them.

s1008283

I understand that the seminar only makes suggestion and parents should decide according to their children situation.  

What I have concern is that there is a question on this matter.  And that seems to highlight that age, 3.5 years old, without any small print.  As busy parent, we often don't read the whole details but the outline / summery only.  And I wish no parent would take that "no nap for 3.5 years old" as word on the stone.   That's all.

I often see parents are angry at their children's mis-behavior, specially in holiday and dinner time.  We parents plan for a fun day, but the children just don't appreciate.   
But how many parents would have to time to understand or ask about the reason?  Please give your children a break.

carmen111

我女兒就快5歲，幼稚園讀下午班，因為要遷就婆婆，我女兒每日9時前會自然醒，早餐午餐唔係食得好多，放學回家的一餐叫做食得好，我哋習慣比佢餐後休息一會就上床睡一至兩小時，有時7時前會起身，有時太累會睡到7時多，將佢搬出廳放咗梳化佢都會照瞓，眼仔出晒紅根，但係佢如果連呢一覺都無得瞓，佢就會唔夠精神撐落去，無晒心機做功課，咁我又覺得與其因為你唔想佢瞓而要佢撐住唔瞓而令佢發脾氣，倒不如比佢小休一會，講好瞓一陣就起身佢又開心時你又有少少時間就自己野，都幾好丫！！！

jacko

首先，很感激 s1008283對我們作出的指正。就課程102第三課第一部分，有關睡午覺的內容，跟黃教授商量過後，認為課後練習的內容有需要修改。在此先跟各位家長致歉。

小睡片刻對小朋友的成長發展的確很重要，許多孩子很早起來上課，下午時已經很累，小睡可以幫小朋友「叉叉電」，令小孩身體更有活力、頭腦更靈活去迎接下半晝的生活 (所以全日制的學校，一定讓小朋友小睡片刻)。三歲半之前，孩子自然要睡午覺；三歲半開始，小朋友精力較旺盛，有時候不想睡覺，但捱到五、六時，就會很辛苦。所以，最重要的是，家長要觀察個別孩子的需要，讓孩子小睡片刻，睡上半小時至個多小時自然起牀。當然，假如孩子午睡超過兩小時，家長就要想想，是不是晚上睡不夠呢？

事實上，睡午覺的確很可能會對小朋友的成長發展有幫助。美國太空總署之前便作過一個統計研究，發現如果睡30分鐘的午睡，可以令領航員的表現平均改善34% (Rosekind, 1994)。由此推斷，睡午覺的確很可能對小朋友的成長發展有幫助。〈如果大家有興趣知道多一點有關睡午覺的好處的話，可參考以下書本：Dement, W. C.,& Vaughan, C. (2000). The Promise of Sleep: A Pioneer in Sleep Medicine Explores the Vital Connection Between Health, Happiness, and a Good Night's Sleep. New York: Random House.〉

於課程102第三課第一部分的課後練習內容已作出修改。再次對我們的錯誤深表歉意，並多謝 s1008283提出我們的問題。如各位家長發現有其他不妥當的地方，不妨告訴我們，讓我們研究一下是否有誤。


Reference

Rosekind, M.R., et al (1994). Crew Factors in Flight Operations IX: Effects of Planned Cockpit Rest on Crew Performance and Alertness in Long-Haul Operations. Moffett Field, CA: NASA Ames Research Center.

iknpansy06

Please don't blame on the course. My son is one of the cases who has no need to take afternoon nap after 3.2 yrs old.

My son is studying in SC K1 pm class. Before 3 yrs old, when he came from school around 5:30 pm, he was so tired and needed to take a nap for one hour. After 3.2 yrs old, he suddenly fulfilled with energy. He has no need to take a nap and he can go to garden to play for more than half an hour. After dinner, he can play chess and study too. He goes to bed at 8:15 pm, falls to sleep before 9pm and wake up by himself at 7-8 am. He is energetic and can concentrate on studying. Even in holiday, after we go outing for half day, he still can not sleep in the afternoon. I am a housewife, I read a lot of books about child caring. They said if the kids can sleep early and sweetly and have good habit of diet, they can have strong and healthy body and good memory. After 3.5 yrs old (especially boys), it is not necessary to have afternoon nap. Even they have, don't sleep more than 2 hrs. It is because early sleeping (not only go to bed) is the most important thing for kids.