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Teenagers often get as little as four hours of sleep a night because they secretly play video games or watch TV until the early hours. Labels: dreamscape, school news, youth news
One in three secondary school pupils survives on short bursts of "junk sleep" and turns up exhausted for lessons the next day, according to a survey.
The Sleep Council warned that its results showed parents were being too lenient compared to previous generations by failing to impose a strict "lights out".
The report said sleep was a major problem for teenagers as many fail to get the eight or nine hours of highquality rest recommended.
Most blame computers or television for keeping them up but a significant number also lie awake worrying about relationships and exams.
Experts have linked poor-quality sleep with weight gain and under performance at school.
There is also evidence that a lack of sleep can increase cravings for sugary and high-fat foods.
Ninety-nine per cent of teenagers surveyed said they had a TV, music system or phone in their bedroom while two-thirds claimed to have all three.
More than half of boys aged 12 to 14 also had a games console in their room.
A fifth of boys in this age group admitted their quality of sleep was affected by leaving the TV or computer switched on.
Parents were also warned that having friends to stay for "sleepovers" on school nights increased the risk of children missing out on proper rest.
The Sleep Council, which promotes the importance of a good night's rest to health, also found that 30 per cent of teenagers were getting only four to seven hours sleep on a school night.
Almost a quarter said they fell asleep more than once a week while watching the TV, listening to music or with other electrical items running.
But only one in ten said they gave much thought to the quality of their sleep, despite 40 per cent admitting they generally felt tired in the day.
This rose to 50 per cent among girls aged 15 and 16.
At weekends, 9 per cent of boys aged 15 and 16 said they had less than four hours sleep.
More than half said they often lie awake worrying about problems such as exams or relationships.
Dr Chris Idzikowski, from the Edinburgh Sleep Centre, said: "I'm staggered that so few teenagers make the link between getting enough good sleep and how they feel in the day.
"Teenagers need to wake up to the fact that to feel well, perform well and look well, they need to do something.
"This is an incredibly worrying trend. What we are seeing is the emergence of 'junk sleep' - sleep that is of neither the length nor quality to feed the brain with the rest it needs to perform properly at school."
Dr Idzikowski also blamed parents for being too lenient and allowing teenagers to stay at each other's homes on school nights.
"For sleepover, it would be more accurate to say 'wakeover'," he said.
"Parents these days aren't necessarily as strict as they once were with the lights-out policy.
"And with so many distractions, the amount of sleep achieved when at friends has to be highly questionable."
Almost a quarter of teenage girls said they slept over with friends once a week or more and a fifth of boys said the same.
2 comments
well that's lame,plus, i don't do that 'cause theres no goods tv shows in the nightime to meh.
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A.T.B., at
Tuesday, August 28, 2007 4:49:00 PM
That describes my high school experience quite well. But it was hardly due to distractions and the internet. Damn, if you were given 8 hours of homework everyday how would you do it?
Think about it, it's 9 hours for school, counting the time going back and forth. And it's a habit of teachers to give long readings, time-wasting-worksheets, and inexplicably complicated papers. And unlike college where you can do what you need and pass over stuff that isn't immediately important (the irrelevant 4 hours of reading)at the high school level you could expect to be tested on every single ******* *** **** nights reading.
So take into account that with 9 hours for school, you have 7 to finish everything your supposed to do other than sleep. Everyone has other obligations, and time commitments, especially the school facilitated clubs that destroy your time. So what chance do you have of getting those wonderful 8 hours! And you know what else, the whole 8 hour thing isn't even true. Teenagers should get about 8.5-10(roughly) hours of sleep. The 8 thing is because adult work schedules are 8 hours for work,life,sleep.
Then take into account that students who need to study for SATs and other "non-school controlled" testing draw a very short stick, because they are treated as though they are only good enough to deserve the grades if they can do both, and that they don't deserve a break. It's just insane.
So then on top of that, my psyche had enough trouble to create periods of stress induced insomnia where I wasn't even able to sleep for days at a time, and I would just black out and sleep for like 15 hours sometimes. It's terrible what the system can do, and they blame it on T.V. because some portion is affected by it, but over all the fact that the problem CAN exist is a problem in of itself.
I'm going to avoid my opinions of the need for reform in teaching, but basically what it comes down to IS, if you gave the students the opportunity to learn, and motivation it would work. When you give students requirements and repercussions, they are always going to try to avoid reminders of school. I still have periods of insomnia when ever I get "caught up" on things that remind me of high school. So I can say with personal experience, that it isn't just the kids faults on this one. And only mentioning the small bit about stress is terrible.
Anyway, I'm sure I rambled a bit, but in short. The stress caused by school can NEVER be ignored, and is a serious problem for future generations, that face harder guidelines, and less "sympathetic" figures of authority.
~Roflcopter
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Tuesday, August 28, 2007 7:36:00 PM
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