Would later school start times help teens get more sleep?and better grades"
Five days a week, I?m tasked with waking my 17-year-old daughter for school. ?It?s 7 a.m. sweetie,? I say as gently as possible. As usual, there?s no sign of life. I say it a few more times. Crickets. At this point, I start to worry that she has stopped breathing, which unfortunately means I have shake to her. Slowly, she begins to move?like a bear coming out of hibernation. After a series of grunts and groans, she unleashes a wail that rattles the house to its foundation: ?I’M SO TIRED!?
It?s no secret that teenagers are a sleepy bunch. For my kid to get the eight to 10 hours of nightly shut-eye recommended by the Canadian Paediatric Society for 13- to 18-year-olds, she?d need to be in bed, and asleep, by 9 p.m. (Her school start time is 8:40 a.m.) That?s a tall order when you factor in homework, extracurriculars, a part-time job and spontaneous FaceTime therapy sessions with friends that totally cannot wait. Most nights, she clocks about 7 hours, which is more sleep than what the majority of teens get. Kids are crawling into bed with their phones, waiting on that one last Snap, and because light from devices interferes with the body?s natural production of melatonin, their sleep is even further delayed. For too many of them, making it through school the next day involves pounding coffee and energy drinks, sleeping during class, or coming in after the bell. While none of these solutions are ideal, the kids who arrive late might be onto something. Recent research is...
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