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I really don't think it has anything to do with the hours. Children/teenagers will try to get away with as much as they can. It's more about being rebellious.

I really don't think it has anything to do with the hours. Children/teenagers will try to get away with as much as they can. It's more about being rebellious. My elementary, high school, and middle school all started at different times (and my senior year of high school started much later because I completed enough credits). Regardless of how late school started, I would just stay up later, the later school started. I usually got around 6 hours of sleep/night and would be very tired during the day. I now know that I need at least 7 hours to be functional. Now I do think everyone has a different level of sleep they can function on, but the time a person goes to bed has little to do with it. This is just another excuse that today's parents are giving because they don't want to take screens away or discipline their children.

jjeaff 7y ago
"Research to date has shown that the circadian rhythms of adolescents are simply fundamentally different from those of adults and children," "All of the studies of adolescent sleep patterns in the United States are showing that the time at which teens generally fall asleep is biologically determined -- but the time at which they wake up is socially determined," https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/12/181212140741.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/12/181212140741.h...
- umvi 7y ago
  Does that mean timezones and daylight savings disrupt teenage sleep patterns and that they are unable to adapt? Should we abolish timezones and daylight savings as to not interfere with the immutable teenage sleeping patterns?
  - jjeaff 7y ago
    Yes, on the first one. On timezones, doesn't matter. On daylight savings time, absolutely, though not necessarily just for teenagers but because daylight savings is idiotic and is of no benefit to 99% of the population.
armatav 7y ago
Nope, it’s not rebelliousness - teens have a biological shift forward in their sleep schedule.

jjeaff 7y ago

"Research to date has shown that the circadian rhythms of adolescents are simply fundamentally different from those of adults and children," "All of the studies of adolescent sleep patterns in the United States are showing that the time at which teens generally fall asleep is biologically determined -- but the time at which they wake up is socially determined," https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/12/181212140741.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/12/181212140741.h...

umvi 7y ago
Does that mean timezones and daylight savings disrupt teenage sleep patterns and that they are unable to adapt? Should we abolish timezones and daylight savings as to not interfere with the immutable teenage sleeping patterns?
- jjeaff 7y ago
  Yes, on the first one. On timezones, doesn't matter. On daylight savings time, absolutely, though not necessarily just for teenagers but because daylight savings is idiotic and is of no benefit to 99% of the population.

armatav 7y ago

Nope, it’s not rebelliousness - teens have a biological shift forward in their sleep schedule.