The Dangers of Teen Sleep Deprivation: Benefits of Adopting Later Start Times for High Schools

"Bueller? ... Bueller?" A monotonous history teacher who appeared in the popular film "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" in 1980 continued accepting role playing in his morning history class. They are going to stay up. When the teacher put out each name in the attendance list monotonously, the student had a blank expression, the mouth opened a little, the eyes drooped, the other student could not remove the fatigue, so the head was desk I was headed for. I fall asleep because of dripping dripping.

Wolworth is one of the young people with long-term lack of sleep. According to the National Sleep Foundation survey in 2006, in the adolescent sleep study recently conducted by this organization, more than 87% of high school students in the U.S. far falls short of the recommended 8 to 10 hours and sleep time has been shortened . Safety and academic success. Lack of sleep increases the possibility of suffering countless adverse effects such as youths can not concentrate, poor performance, drowsy driving events, anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, even suicide attempts. This is a problem without economic boundaries.

Medical experts, high school teachers, high school teachers, and other student supporters have long believed that the school's start date is too early. Approximately 80% of the schools are enrolled by 8 AM. In other words, many students will eventually fall asleep. It is a natural biological tendency that teenagers get up late and want to sleep. The doctor advises teenagers to sleep at least 8.5 to 9.5 hours overnight. Persons who are not exposed to health risks may have serious effects on physical and mental health.

Sleep is excellent for teenager's health and academic performance, but most schools are still late. In 2014, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended that at junior high and high school begin to provide students with the time necessary for proper sleep after 8:30 am. Nevertheless, only 9.4% of junior high school and 7.7% of high school begin at 8:30 am. Electronic devices emit blue light and destroy the circadian rhythm by suppressing melatonin, a hormone notifying during sleep. On average, teenagers are exposed to a screening time of more than 6 hours a day. This is a six hour melatonin interruption - if your child is using their phone before going to bed they are very likely to fall asleep