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Non-regular bedtimes tied to kids' behavior problems

Kids without a regular bedtime tend to have more behavior problems at home and at school, a new study suggests.Researchers found that when children started going to sleep at a more consistent time, their behavior improved as well."If you are constantly changing the amounts of sleep you get or the different times you go to bed, it's likely to mess up your body clock," said Yvonne Kelly, who led the study."That has all sorts of impacts on how your body is able to work the following day," Kelly, from University College London, said.She and her colleagues analyzed data on more than 10,000 children. They were part of a long-term study of babies born in the UK in 2000 to 2002 that regularly surveyed parents about sleep and behavioral problems.Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder or an autism spectrum disorder were not included in the study.When kids were three years old, close to 20 percent of parents said their child sometimes or never went to bed at a consistent time. Tha...

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