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Re:Why modern parents feel more sleep deprived than our ance... by andrepd on Sunday May 10, 2026 @06:27PM (#48088788)
> On average, the German study, which looked at nearly 40,000 people in total, found that parents who had at least one child under six years old reported sleeping about seven hours per night. Non-parents received just 10 minutes more sleep per night, for women, and 14 minutes more per night, for men.

I'll trade 15 minutes of sleep for a lifetime of joy, thank you :)

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Re:Why modern parents feel more sleep deprived than our ance... by wiseowise on Sunday May 10, 2026 @06:36PM (#48088862)
> on average

Not sure where are those lucky ones, but I've met half a dozen parents that became literal zombies during the first years because of a lack of sleep. From what they've reported, 2 hours is a lucky night. It does get better later on, after 2(!) years.

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Re:Why modern parents feel more sleep deprived than our ance... by cullumsmith on Sunday May 10, 2026 @06:49PM (#48088944)
I have five children and find this very difficult to believe. Even the "worst" of it (age 0-3 months) was never anything close to that bad.
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Re:Why modern parents feel more sleep deprived than our ance... by magicalhippo on Sunday May 10, 2026 @07:18PM (#48089157)
My neighbors' first kid had colic and they said the baby slept for at most 20 minutes at a time the first year.

So yea I imagine that'll turn you into a zombie.

They also said after a year they got a tip about a chiropractor (IIRC), went there and after 5 minutes the colic was gone. A real mix of emotions they said...

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Re:Why modern parents feel more sleep deprived than our ance... by lotsofpulp on Sunday May 10, 2026 @08:32PM (#48089685)
Both of my kids woke up their mom 2 to 4 times at night to feed for at least a year. One was a terrible sleeper, only 8 hours max per night, he still basically goes to sleep when the adults do and wakes up when the adults wake up. Sometimes before.
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Re:Why modern parents feel more sleep deprived than our ance... by parrellel on Sunday May 10, 2026 @08:34PM (#48089695)
My second screamed every night for two years. It was fun.
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Re:Why modern parents feel more sleep deprived than our ance... by mothballed on Sunday May 10, 2026 @08:36PM (#48089714)
None of your kids had colic? Every caretaker (experienced parents) that tried to releive us completely lost their mind within hours. And it never ends, for months.
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Re:Why modern parents feel more sleep deprived than our ance... by phoronixrly on Sunday May 10, 2026 @06:49PM (#48088949)
A person's definition of a 'lifetime of joy' may exclude caring for children.
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Re:Why modern parents feel more sleep deprived than our ance... by pitched on Sunday May 10, 2026 @07:53PM (#48089386)
A lifetime is a long time. Much longer than children are children.
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Re:Why modern parents feel more sleep deprived than our ance... by wiseowise on Sunday May 10, 2026 @11:15PM (#48090703)
> A lifetime is a long time.

By all accounts it is not.

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