Children Who Wet the Bed
Most children experience at least one sleep disorder during youth. A few examples of sleep disturbances experienced by both girls and boys include teeth grinding, thumb sucking, head knocking, bed rocking, sleepwalking and nightmares. These sleep disorders usually bother parents more than the children, who may be fully rested by morning and unaware of their nighttime problems.
Bedwetting, however, is a sleep disorder that can bother all family members. It is one of the most irritating and frustrating problems children can have. Nearly every morning brings renewed proof of the inability to control a bodily function mastered by most four-year-olds. The wetness, the odor, the extra work, the disappointment and the embarrassment all add-up to a very unpleasant way to begin the day.
Children who wet the bed realize that a dry bed is important. They know that their bedwetting habit causes problems for other family members. They also feel the effects of the bedwetting in their own lives. For example, parents of a bed wetter often restrict participation in activities such as having friends sleep overnight, staying at friends' houses overnight and going on overnight camping trips. Children who wet the bed tend to blame themselves for their lack of control over this unconscious behavior and can suffer emotional stress. The problem becomes worse when parents or siblings react with anger, punishment or ridicule rather than understanding and support.
There are various reasons why children wet the bed. Heredity is a major cause. Many children with a bedwetting habit have one or more close relatives who also have wet the bed. Some children suffer from physical or psychological problems that contribute to bedwetting. Many of these causes are beyond the control of the bed wetter.
Bedwetting also can cause children to develop emotional problems. They may suffer from depression, insecurity and a negative self-image. The extent of emotional difficulty bedwetting children may experience depends on factors such as how deeply self-image is affected by self-criticism, how much rejection is experienced from friends, peers and siblings and how much negative attention is focused by parents or other caregivers. Bedwetting can affect many areas of children's lives. It also has the potential to produce other emotional and behavioral difficulties.
There are, however, ways to help children reduce or overcome their bedwetting habits. There also are methods to limit the potentially negative side effects that bedwetting can cause children. Much depends upon how parents or other caregivers handle the bedwetting problem.
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Bedwetting, however, is a sleep disorder that can bother all family members. It is one of the most irritating and frustrating problems children can have. Nearly every morning brings renewed proof of the inability to control a bodily function mastered by most four-year-olds. The wetness, the odor, the extra work, the disappointment and the embarrassment all add-up to a very unpleasant way to begin the day.
Children who wet the bed realize that a dry bed is important. They know that their bedwetting habit causes problems for other family members. They also feel the effects of the bedwetting in their own lives. For example, parents of a bed wetter often restrict participation in activities such as having friends sleep overnight, staying at friends' houses overnight and going on overnight camping trips. Children who wet the bed tend to blame themselves for their lack of control over this unconscious behavior and can suffer emotional stress. The problem becomes worse when parents or siblings react with anger, punishment or ridicule rather than understanding and support.
There are various reasons why children wet the bed. Heredity is a major cause. Many children with a bedwetting habit have one or more close relatives who also have wet the bed. Some children suffer from physical or psychological problems that contribute to bedwetting. Many of these causes are beyond the control of the bed wetter.
Bedwetting also can cause children to develop emotional problems. They may suffer from depression, insecurity and a negative self-image. The extent of emotional difficulty bedwetting children may experience depends on factors such as how deeply self-image is affected by self-criticism, how much rejection is experienced from friends, peers and siblings and how much negative attention is focused by parents or other caregivers. Bedwetting can affect many areas of children's lives. It also has the potential to produce other emotional and behavioral difficulties.
There are, however, ways to help children reduce or overcome their bedwetting habits. There also are methods to limit the potentially negative side effects that bedwetting can cause children. Much depends upon how parents or other caregivers handle the bedwetting problem.
Children Who Wet the Bed
Most children experience at least one sleep disorder during youth. A few examples of sleep disturbances experienced by both girls and boys include teeth grinding, thumb sucking, head knocking, bed rocking, sleepwalking and nightmares. These sleep disorders usually bother parents more than the children, who may be fully rested by morning and unaware of their nighttime problems.
Bedwetting, however, is a sleep disorder that can bother all family members. It is one of the most irritating and frustrating problems children can have. Nearly every morning brings renewed proof of the inability to control a bodily function mastered by most four-year-olds. The wetness, the odor, the extra work, the disappointment and the embarrassment all add-up to a very unpleasant way to begin the day.
Children who wet the bed realize that a dry bed is important. They know that their bedwetting habit causes problems for other family members. They also feel the effects of the bedwetting in their own lives. For example, parents of a bed wetter often restrict participation in activities such as having friends sleep overnight, staying at friends' houses overnight and going on overnight camping trips. Children who wet the bed tend to blame themselves for their lack of control over this unconscious behavior and can suffer emotional stress. The problem becomes worse when parents or siblings react with anger, punishment or ridicule rather than understanding and support.
There are various reasons why children wet the bed. Heredity is a major cause. Many children with a bedwetting habit have one or more close relatives who also have wet the bed. Some children suffer from physical or psychological problems that contribute to bedwetting. Many of these causes are beyond the control of the bed wetter.
Bedwetting also can cause children to develop emotional problems. They may suffer from depression, insecurity and a negative self-image. The extent of emotional difficulty bedwetting children may experience depends on factors such as how deeply self-image is affected by self-criticism, how much rejection is experienced from friends, peers and siblings and how much negative attention is focused by parents or other caregivers. Bedwetting can affect many areas of children's lives. It also has the potential to produce other emotional and behavioral difficulties.
There are, however, ways to help children reduce or overcome their bedwetting habits. There also are methods to limit the potentially negative side effects that bedwetting can cause children. Much depends upon how parents or other caregivers handle the bedwetting problem.
Bedwetting, however, is a sleep disorder that can bother all family members. It is one of the most irritating and frustrating problems children can have. Nearly every morning brings renewed proof of the inability to control a bodily function mastered by most four-year-olds. The wetness, the odor, the extra work, the disappointment and the embarrassment all add-up to a very unpleasant way to begin the day.
Children who wet the bed realize that a dry bed is important. They know that their bedwetting habit causes problems for other family members. They also feel the effects of the bedwetting in their own lives. For example, parents of a bed wetter often restrict participation in activities such as having friends sleep overnight, staying at friends' houses overnight and going on overnight camping trips. Children who wet the bed tend to blame themselves for their lack of control over this unconscious behavior and can suffer emotional stress. The problem becomes worse when parents or siblings react with anger, punishment or ridicule rather than understanding and support.
There are various reasons why children wet the bed. Heredity is a major cause. Many children with a bedwetting habit have one or more close relatives who also have wet the bed. Some children suffer from physical or psychological problems that contribute to bedwetting. Many of these causes are beyond the control of the bed wetter.
Bedwetting also can cause children to develop emotional problems. They may suffer from depression, insecurity and a negative self-image. The extent of emotional difficulty bedwetting children may experience depends on factors such as how deeply self-image is affected by self-criticism, how much rejection is experienced from friends, peers and siblings and how much negative attention is focused by parents or other caregivers. Bedwetting can affect many areas of children's lives. It also has the potential to produce other emotional and behavioral difficulties.
There are, however, ways to help children reduce or overcome their bedwetting habits. There also are methods to limit the potentially negative side effects that bedwetting can cause children. Much depends upon how parents or other caregivers handle the bedwetting problem.
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| BN ID: | 2940011937002 |
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| Publisher: | William Gladden Foundation Press |
| Publication date: | 10/11/2010 |
| Series: | Child Psychology , #3 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 16 KB |
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