Sleepy Children Suffer Sprains and Spills.

Children who do not get enough sleep are at increased risk for injury. Children who have slept less than 10 hours in a day are at an 86 percent increased risk of injury. Also, children who had been awake for at least eight hours without a nap were four times more likely to suffer from an injury. When researchers analyzed the data by gender, boys had a more than 200 percent higher injury risk. Children age 3 to 5 were most susceptible to injury when suffering from lack of sleep. Consistently applied bedtime rules are an important tactic as parents try to minimize their child's risk of being hurt.

(Pediatrics)