> If children benefit from sleeping longer, so should adults. People at different ages require different amounts of sleep in order to be healthy. Adults requir

> If children benefit from sleeping longer, so should adults. People at different ages require different amounts of sleep in order to be healthy. Adults require less than children [0]. Also, one of the big problems for teenagers (the subject of the article) is that their circadian rhythm is out of phase from adults, shifted later about 2 hours [1]. Early start times don't just reduce sleep, they're also just the wrong time of day. Telling a teen to wake up at 7am is like telling an adult to wake up at 5am. [0]: https://www.cdc.gov/features/sleep/index.html https://www.cdc.gov/features/sleep/index.html [1]: https://www.uclahealth.org/sleepcenter/sleep-and-teens https://www.uclahealth.org/sleepcenter/sleep-and-teens