Sleep is essential and important for growth, development, learning and well-being in children and adolescents. Symptoms of sleep problems in schoolchildren can be bedtime resistance, difficulty initiating sleep because of anxiety, daytime sleepiness and nocturnal enuresis.Sleep problems can be caused by sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) such as obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), insufficient sleep, delayed sleep-wake phase disorder and/or anxiety disorders. [1][2][3] The prevalence of OSA in children and adolescents is 1-5%-but may be underdiagnosed. [4][5][6] OSA is caused by central, sleep-induced neuromuscular hypotonia, in conjunction with decreased space in