So let's now look at sleep deprivation. Huge sectors of society are sleep-deprived, and let's look at our sleep-o-meter. So in the 1950s, good data suggests that most of us were getting around about eight hours of sleep a night. Nowadays, we sleep one and a half to two hours le...
and let's look at our sleep-o-meter. So in the 1950s, good data suggests that most of us were getting around eight hours of sleep a night. Nowadays, we sleep one and a half to two hours less every night, so we're in the six-and-a-half-hours every-night league. For teenagers,...
There are serious consequences if teens fail to get adequate sleep. Those who are sleep-deprived - defined as getting less than eight hours per night - are more likely to smoke, drink and take drugs. With less than nine hours of sleep per night, depression among teens rises significantly. ...
Whether you’re depressed, sleep-deprived, or down with a headache, there is a drug for you. Due to the “pill cures all” mentality, teenagers think drugs cure everything. Many people don’t understand the long-term adverse effects of drug use, including psychological, physical, and even ...
The circadian rhythm of adolescent teenagers shifts forward, so far that it passes the timing of their adult parents.So they want to stay up later. Asking your teenager to go to bed and fall asleep at 10 PM is the circadian equivalent of asking you, their parent, to go to sleep at 7...
Al Taylor, a teacher says sleeping is not allowed in his class. “When I see a teen sleeping in my class, I feel bad that they didn’t get enough sleep but they need to correct the issue at home,” Taylor said. “I’ve raised teenage boys myself. Teenagers like to wait to the ...
"Over-packed schedules and 12-hour days are draining already sleep-deprived teenagers. In high schools where most students go onto college, the pressure to excel inside and outside of the classroom leaves students with little time to relax." ("Power Napping," 1996). Lack of sleep is ...
that biology may be the reason teenagers fall asleep and wake up later than younger children. The authors of the study propose that this shift in sleeping pattern may be the body’s way of preparing adolescents for adulthood, when it is often necessary to perform tasks while sleep deprived. ...
Imagine you are overworked, sleep-deprived and keen to begin your weekend with a well-aimed salvo of intoxicating elixirs. Where will you execute this time-honored plan, American drinker of 2015? If you live in a reasonably large metropolis, your watering-hole options might i...
Scientists have found that adolescents need, on average, nine to nine and a half hours of sleep per night, but two-thirds of teenagers reported sleeping less than seven hours a night. This causes multiple students to be sleep-deprived throughout the school day. This weakens the student's ...