How can teenagers get enough sleep?

It's back to school time for K-12 students across the country -- when summer fun makes way for spelling bees, algebra and homework. How can parents ensure their kids are both mentally and physically prepared to impress and do their best from day one of the school year? University of Minnesota professor Michael Howell says teens, in particular, tend to biologically sleep in a different pattern than what school allows for: they can't fall asleep until later in the evening and therefore have difficulty waking up as early as 6 AM. Should schools reexamine their start times to account for this?

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[Liynkx]

It'd be nice to see more schools start later, just 30 minutes later showed a dramatic drop in teen depression. The facts and reasons are there, why cant we do something about it?

[unomiel]

When I was a teen I ended up having that problem to an extreme, but no one was very helpful or nice about it at all. Thanks for this video.

[grunder20]

the can sleep by studying and partying less.

[xxxPORTANTExxx]

Ok thanks

[thegreeensky]

wow.. interesing facts... i was having same problem.. maybe our brains were just that active...

[skibumwin]

i need to wake up at 6 each morning and my brother is super loud until like 11:30 i workout usually twice a day any ideas?

[wwegilmoregirl]

The school board in this area was voting on whether or not to change the start time of middle schools and high schools. They were going to vote at keeping it at 7:30 or changing it to 9. The 7:30 people won the vote. Now, I get to have another sleep deprived year of high school. At least I'm a senior now and hopefully when I get to college I'll be able to get more sleep.

[iAirsoft69]

I say make school shorter, i dont need an hour to learn english. A native language...

[emptynogin]

scared the shit out of me when he mentioned kids that swim and are in the orchestra because i do both of those and im extremely sleep deprived

[kfizzle441]

melatonin 6 hours before bedtime? my bottle says 1 hour prior to bedtime.

[slashaozzie]

I was falling asleep in english today. I could not keep them open!! It was so hard because he was talking and I kept them open then I could feel myself falling asleep, then I would shake my head and try and stay awake, But next think I knew I my head was hanging down and woke up with a sore neck :( I hate falling asleep in class because teachers might think your being disrespect, And my teachers are really nice

[TheUnforgivenTo]

@adamyoungAMANDA

it's not normal at all.