Your Children's Sleep

  • Documentary
1/2/1948
21

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Part of the BFI six-part series entitled "Your Children and You."

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      • Geronimo1967

        Though the narration is maybe a little simplistic by 21st century standards, this is still quite an interesting short documentary that looks at the importance of sleep and at the significance to a child's development if/when it's interrupted. Adults can often rationalise what is keeping them awake - a pain or a problem that will require sorting in the morning. That's often not the case when we are younger and this feature plays out a few scenarios where a child might be over-wrought or worried or frightened. It might not be such a palpable fear either - perhaps under or over-parenting might be the cause, or uncertainty about how to behave? It's all a very middle class exercise so maybe isn't the most representative as we see well fed/clothe...

        November 19, 2024

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