Wellness Wednesday: Adam Ruins Everything, except for sleepy teenagers

It turns out that sleepy teenagers may be a product of school administration decisions made back in the late-middle 20th century. American school districts are slowly returning to a more healthy, livable bell schedule, but not without resistance.

[December 3, 2018 || truTV]

How School Start Times Affect Teens’ Sleep Patterns

“In the 1970’s, the student population grew higher than ever, and schools cut their costs in ways that directly disrupted students’ natural sleep patterns.”

---

Check out these 13 posts on adolescent sleep challenges previously appearing in SHC:

• School start times are still a nationwide debate || Sept 22, 2018
• Teens need sleep: Our Start School Later Pinterest board || Sept 3, 2018
• Wendy Troxel’s TEDx talk on “Why school should start later for teens” || Aug 30, 2017
• Check out these change agents for better teen sleep || Aug 25, 2017
• Is 10am too late to start high school classes? || Aug 23, 2017
• Controversial ideas in sleep health: Naps for high schoolers… Yay or Nay? || Aug 18, 2017
• Sleep Awareness Week: Moody teens just want to feel better || Apr 25, 2017
• Generational spotlight: The truth about teens and late nights || Mar 30, 2017
• Back to school and the rethinking of the early bell time || Oct 6, 2016
• Drug & Alcohol Facts Week: What teens need to know about caffeine, smart drugs, sleeping pills and melatonin || Jan 24, 2016
• WISDOM OF SLEEP: Dr. Mary Carskadon on our sleep-deprived teenagers || May 31, 2015
• Late School Start Times in Seattle: Is one of America’s most educated cities ready to be smart about kids and sleep? || Mar 4, 2015
• Terra Ziporyn Snider, PhD, on later school start times || Nov 21, 2014

---

Have a question about the teens and divergent sleep habits? Reach out to us at sleepyheadcentral@gmail.com and we’ll try to answer it in an upcoming post!