If you suffer from sleep disorder you are a likely candidate for many chronic ailments including heart disease diabetes and stroke. Sleep is important for all and children are no different. They too need their regular hours of peaceful sleep for proper growth and development. According to a new study at the University of Houston in the US inadequate nighttime sleep alters several aspects of children's emotional health. Researchers came to this conclusion after studying 53 children between the ages of 7 to 11 years over more than a week. This study is published in the Journal of Child Psychology