So, to help children get the quality shuteye they need for optimal health, many parents are turning to popular sleep aids like melatonin. But what exactly is melatonin, and is it safe for kids?

Few doctors will recommend melatonin for teens as a first-line treatment Bottom Line: Instead of offering supplements, ...

To get the prescription-only sleep medication melatonin for her 10-year-old daughter, Fern, a mother in Wellington, has to jump through a few hoops. First, she finds an online retailer overseas ...

The regular use of melatonin to help children sleep has become "exceedingly common" in the US, a new study has found. Nearly 1 in 5 (19%) children aged one to 14 were relying on the drug this year ...

Getty Around 11,000 children were taken to the emergency room between 2019 and 2022 after ingesting melatonin products while unsupervised, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for ...

How Smartphones Are Hurting Our Kids’ Mental Health: ‘There’s Massive Evidence of Harm‘ (Exclusive) Also, the older you are, the stronger the effect of the blue light on your melatonin levels.

A 2023 study found that nearly one in five US children under the age of 14 regularly used medicine to help them sleep. This medication is called melatonin. About six per cent of preschoolers aged ...

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, prescriptions of hypnotic medications has increased among children, particularly those aged 6 to 11 years.

According to Nielsen, Americans spent $826 million on melatonin supplements in 2020 — a 43% increase from the year before — likely fueled by multiple COVID-19 pandemic-related stressors.