According to the article Teens and Sleep, "sleep is vital to your well-being, as important as the air you breathe, the water you drink and the food you eat. It can even help you to eat better and manage the stress of being a teen".
It said that teenagers need at least 8 to 10 hours of sleep everyday to function best. However, most teens do not get enough sleep due to tremendous school work.
What if we don't get enough sleep? There are some negative consequences:
- Staying up late and sleeping in late might limit your ability to learn, listen, concentrate and solve problems.
- Teenagers may suffer from treatable sleep disorders, such as narcolepsy, insomnia, restless legs syndrome or sleep apnea.
- Lack of sleep might lead to aggressive or inappropriate behavior such as yelling at others.
I usually sleep less 5-7 hours during the weekdays, and I think it is impossible for students to 8 to 10 hours everyday.
Instead of just keep telling us to sleep more, I think the adults should help students to lighten their burdens.
Hey. I'm a living testimony to not getting enough sleep each night. On average I get 5-6 hours of sleep on the weekdays. You go into naming different types of sleeping disorders and the more you named the more I thought about, what if I have one of this sleeping disorders. Thus saying, it is and I know it is very important that young children, teenagers and adults get a goods night rest every night because you don't want to start the day off yelling at co-workers, friends or strangers over not getting enough rest.
ReplyDeleteI actually talked about this with our proposal assignment. I talked about how high schools should actually start at 9. Teen's bodies actually naturally don't go to sleep until 11 or 12 o'clock at night. By giving them more time in the morning before school, I believe more teens could get more sleep then what they have gotten. Really good information!
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