Why do children kick while sleeping?

Because they may assume themselves as heroes in dreams. So that time they will fight with villain.

That is all part of dreaming. Kids dream of running and jumping and their little legs work in their sleep. Dogs are often chasing rabbits in their sleep and their legs go like pistons. What is amazing is that small babies and little puppies both run while they are asleep - even before they can run when awake!! The trouble with dreams is that they can be so real, even to the extent that you dream you want a wee and dream that you are on the loo and let go! Ooops! A wet bed!

My youngest son do that when he is sleeping. I am not sure what it the reason why kids kick while sleeping. My two older kids don't do that kicking and sleeps calmly unlike the youngest that he really kicks here and there

kids have fresh brains and the only thing that they want to be is playing all day long. So as they sleep their minds sets are about playing and thus when they dream on their sleep they tend kick or doing some action that they use when they are playing during daytime. Thats my opinion why children tends to have unnecessary movements when they sleep. =)

hi buddy, children while in sleep, will like to roll over and will be in free mood without any restrictions. From their childhood, they will be habitual in sleeping beside their moms and need such touch of their moms..and this habit goes on..and needs touch to them..

they say kids grow fast during sleep..their bones stretched and their feet is the first to stretch fast..that,s why they always kick during their sleep?? but that is just an old provincial story,i dont know if there is a scientific explanation for that..

Hi there... I'm not sure why do they do that.. I used to do it when I was young... I guess, the children with their super-active minds dream a lot and the remembrance of playful actvities during the day makes them kick a little... I was like that until 12 or 14, then I grew matured and stopped doing that... :-)

when we still kids, actually we have a good response and hard to control our nerve. kid always do that while sleep, cause their dream. and it give some effect to their nerve. it still normal.