The Sleep-Deprived Teen | POF162

Only 22% of teens get the amount of sleep they need to be rested which is 8-10 hours. You might be thinking it’s because they are on screens too long but that’s not the case. The main reasons why they aren’t getting enough sleep is because their circadian rhythm shifts in the teen years that makes them naturally want to go to sleep later and wake up earlier (it’s not just YOUR teen!!).

My guest, Lisa L. Lewis shares how sleep deprivation impacts teens in their ability to attain, retain, and retrieve information when they’re at school. There are other impacts to not getting enough sleep which impacts mental health.

Lisa and I talk about the changes taking place in the teen brain, how school start times, if too early, drastically impact our teen's ability to learn, and how we can make sleep a priority for them.

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For Lisa’s list of ways parents can help their teens get enough sleep, head to the Parent Toolbox. www.parent-toolbox.com

About Lisa L. Lewis

Lisa L. Lewis is a freelance journalist and the author of The Sleep-Deprived Teen: Why Our Teenagers Are So Tired, And How Parents And Schools Can Help Them Thrive. In addition to writing about teen sleep and other parenting topics, she helped get California’s new law on healthy school start times passed. (It's the first law of its kind in the country.) Lisa has written for The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Atlantic, and the Los Angeles Times, among others. She’s a parent to a teen and a recent teen who inspire much of what she writes about. She has a master’s degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, an MFA from Mills College, and a bachelor’s degree from UC Berkeley.

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