In the Genes: When the Littlest Family Member Snores, Too

Is the kid doing poorly in school? Behavior disorder? ADD? hmmm.... you may have something to do with it.

Snoring may be genetic. Children who snore are almost three times as likely as others to have parents who snore. And snoring and sleep-disordered breathing are twice as common in children who test positive for allergies.

Stuart Goldenberg

Sleep-disordered breathing — snoring is one symptom of it — is associated with poor school performance, cardiovascular troubles and daytime behavioral problems like attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.