Children’s sleeplessness may be linked to bedtime use of electronic gadgets

If you shrugged off the new screen-time guidelines issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics last month, you may want to grab your kid’s tablet back for a second and reevaluate your position.

An analysis published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics of data from 26,000 children provides the strongest evidence yet of a link between bedtime use of electronic devices and poor sleep, inadequate sleep and excessive daytime sleepiness.