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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
Lifestyle
Emma Gill

How much sleep kids need and why parents should stop forcing them to have longer

Nobody talks about sleep more than parents, most commonly a lack of it.

From those early days of night feeds, to toddler tantrums, night terrors and everything else that bedtime with little ones brings, it often feels like you'll never have a full night of shut-eye again.

But one parenting expert says mums and dads can often get too hung up on how much sleep their children are getting - and try to force them to have more than they need.

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