New Delhi, Feb. 18 -- Children often mirror parental behaviour - be it in the way they handle stress, express emotions or even by emulating their screen usage habits. Excess screen exposure during the day or night is increasingly becoming problematic for children, especially when it comes to affecting paediatric sleep. While night screen exposure disrupts melatonin and sleep cycles, reduced parent-child interaction tends to impact emotional regulation.

Sleep is an active biological process that is essential for physical growth, brain development, emotional regulation, and overall well-being, says Dr Tanuj Kumar Verma, Consultant, Paediatric Intervention Pulmonologist and Intensivist, Cloudnine Group of Hospitals, Indirapuram.

"In childr...