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"Why are we forcing kids to wake up at 6am to go to school? That's just stupid, and flies in the face of all sorts of research." This would only be bad if the
by tertius 11y ago
"Why are we forcing kids to wake up at 6am to go to school? That's just stupid, and flies in the face of all sorts of research."
This would only be bad if the sleep start time didn't allow for enough rest. And the sleep start time should be determined by the time one needs to wake up.
Therefore wake up "time" is irrelevant. It is the parents' responsibility to have their children sleep enough, doesn't matter the wake up time.
Also, study after study proves that daylight time is by far the best time to be awake when it comes to treating depression and therefore sleep hygiene. 6am is a good indicator in most places that we're close to sunrise.
- linkregister 11y agoI disagree with whoever downvoted you. What he or she should have done was correct your assertion. Numerous studies have been conducted, to the point where the topic submarines monthly on HN, that controlled for sleep duration, high school students perform much better when start times are later in the morning. The cause that researchers commonly attribute to this is that people in that age group have an optimal sleep schedule that's later than young children and adults.
- tertius 11y agoThank you, this sounds really interesting, is there a direction that you could point me in even if it's to another thread here that I'm missing?
- linkregister 11y agoSure, I was a bit too lazy yesterday to provide links: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7394104 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7394104 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8614494 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8614494