by Jonathan Kushnir | Jan 20, 2024 | Uncategorized
Thoughts of parents of children with Separation Anxiety “I want to think that Shira is a happy girl. But, every night I find myself having to soothe her until she falls asleep out of fear that someone close to her might die. She just can’t relax without...
by Jonathan Kushnir | Jan 20, 2024 | Uncategorized
Some of the methods children (and adults) use to try to control frightening thoughts in order to relax (or that’s what their parents told them to do) are attempting distractions, trying to think “good” thoughts, and trying to stop worrying. In fact, these ways may...
by Jonathan Kushnir | Jan 20, 2024 | Uncategorized
Night terrors are a sleep phenomenon that occur during sleep mainly in young children. A child with night terrors will usually scream and look very nervous or scared. During the episode, the child may appear confused or sleepy, may mumble or give irrelevant answers to...
by Jonathan Kushnir | Jan 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
question that repeats many times, is whether the child not sleeping enough because of problematic behaviors especially around sleep, or is the child behaving in a problematic way because he is not sleeping enough. The answer is probably both. So a “vicious...
by Jonathan Kushnir | Jan 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
Sleep, in order to “arrive”, requires us to do nothing, unlike many other things in life. For most of us, most of the time, we get into bed, close our eyes and sleep comes, without much effort. Some of us go to great lengths to try to get some sleep. We...
by Jonathan Kushnir | Jan 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
The question is often asked which is more “difficult”, or which is more disruptive to the sleep of children and adults. Is it that we do not get enough sleep or that we wake up at night. Although this question is asked a lot and despite the high prevalence...
