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Children s intellectual development 儿童智力发展 Bedtime stories 睡前故事 Regular sleeping hours really are good forchildrenif they are girls 有规律的睡眠时间对儿童真的有好处如果她们是女孩 IN THAT mythical era when children were seen and not heard, and did as they were toldwithout argument, everyone knew that regular bedtimes were important. 在那个孩子们被看见却不被倾听，没有任何异议顺从地去做被告知的事的神话般的年代，人人都知道有规律的就寝时间很重要。 Dream on! most modern parents might reply. 大部分现代家长可能会这样回复：怎么可能，做梦吧! But research by Yvonne Kelly of UniversityCollege, London, shows that the ancient wisdom is righthalf the time. 但是伦敦大学学院的Yvonne Kelly 的研究表明，古老的智慧有一半是正确的。 Daughters, it seems, do benefit from regular bedtimes. Sons do not. 有规律的就寝时间对女儿似乎确实有益，对儿子却没有效果。 Dr Kelly knew of many studies that had looked at the connection between sleep habits andcognitive ability in adults and adolescents. | 
