Based form Grace Wilhelm
Some reasons for lack of concentration and focus include the following:
- Lack of sleep: Today, many children and teens do not get the proper amounts of sleep. Children need at least ten hours each night and growing teens need nine to ten hours each night as well. Schedules may be over-packed with activities, sports, lessons, clubs, and homework. All of this is fine as long as it fits into a schedule that allows for some down time, relationships, relaxation and the proper amount of sleep. Children can find it hard to concentration and focus in the classroom when they are sleepy or too tired to concentrate. Getting the proper amounts of sleep help a child to do better in school.
