{"id":2121,"date":"2017-04-26T10:40:59","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T10:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/PsychologicalService\/?p=2121"},"modified":"2017-04-26T10:40:59","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T10:40:59","slug":"importance-of-routine-for-preschoolers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/PsychologicalService\/2017\/04\/26\/importance-of-routine-for-preschoolers\/","title":{"rendered":"Importance of routine for preschoolers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a id=\"irc_mil\" href=\"http:\/\/www.google.co.uk\/url?sa=i&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=images&amp;cd=&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=0ahUKEwj3lMGD9MHTAhVJORoKHYVGAsoQjRwIBw&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.today.com%2Fparents%2F4-ways-improve-your-childs-bedtime-routine-t40086&amp;psig=AFQjCNHhdsgf-nhubJwDimMWueBh2E2ohw&amp;ust=1493288633401208\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"irc_mi\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/media3.s-nbcnews.com\/i\/newscms\/2015_34\/744801\/bedtime-routine-tips-today-stock-tease-150821_32130d5701f1fb05c6acbb9b68ded860.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for children tv time bedtime\" width=\"298\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We all know that good quality sleep and limited TV time is important for young children&#8217;s development. Recently published US research paper looked at the link between early childhood routines and self-regulation and their\u00a0relationship with weight problems in later years.<\/p>\n<p>The study evaluated three household routines: regular bedtime, regular mealtime and\u00a0television and video watching limited to an hour or less daily. Parents were asked to evaluate their children&#8217;s self-regulation when they were 3 years old. Researchers then studied children&#8217;s routines and self-regulation ability in relation to their levels of obesity at 11 years old.<\/p>\n<p>When children were 3 years old, 41% of them had a regular bedtime, 47% had a regular mealtime and 23% were limited to an hour or less daily of TV and videos. Results reported at 11 years old found about 6% of children obese.<\/p>\n<p>You can read more about this study <span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2017\/04\/170424083959.htm\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all know that good quality sleep and limited TV time is important for young children&#8217;s development. Recently published US research paper looked at the link between early childhood routines and self-regulation and their\u00a0relationship with weight problems in later years. The study evaluated three household routines: regular bedtime, regular mealtime and\u00a0television and video watching limited [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30470,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/PsychologicalService\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/PsychologicalService\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/PsychologicalService\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/PsychologicalService\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30470"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/PsychologicalService\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2121"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/PsychologicalService\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2123,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/PsychologicalService\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2121\/revisions\/2123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/PsychologicalService\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/PsychologicalService\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/PsychologicalService\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}