 Now, these are some of the things that are on the radar from our friends at PluggedIn.com. Now, first off, the parents depending on melatonin gummies and how kids can become reliant on them. Research published in the Journal of American Medicine, Pediatrics, found that one in five school-age children had taken melatonin supplements in the past 30 days. Of those children, one in four had taken it every night.