Teen Night Owls Struggle To Learn and Control Emotions at School

  • Posted in Snoring
  •  By Loran Simon

teen sleepingYour average teen will struggle to wake up in the morning to go to school. It takes them a long time to wake up and will find it hard to concentrate in school.

Key takeaways:

·  A study was designed to understand the relationship between the amount of sleep, daytime sleepiness, and self regulation which is the ability to control behavior, emotions and cognitive functions.

·  Night owls struggled with self-regulation and were found to be irritable, impulsive and to have memory problems.

·  Early school start times have adversely affected kids, forcing them to start classes when their brains are still sleepy.

"Getting these kids enough sleep and appropriately timed sleep is necessary for optimal self-regulation," she says. "If you don't have enough and appropriately timed sleep, then you're going to compromise your ability to have these kinds of skills."

Read the full story here

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/11/03/500116098/teen-night-owls-struggle-to-learn-and-control-emotions-at-school

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