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There’s been research that shows teens have something like a shifted biological clock. Even before the era of late night multiplayer games and browsing the Fac
by grapeskin 4y ago
There’s been research that shows teens have something like a shifted biological clock.
Even before the era of late night multiplayer games and browsing the Facespace and instatoks, teens were staying up, partying or prowling the streets. It’s been a stereotype since the dawn of time that teens go out late at night and are up to no good.
- robertlagrant 4y agoReally? That sounds pretty unlikely with agricultural societies getting up at 5, or safe before, say, the 1900s in most countries.
- crooked-v 4y agoSociety has always done plenty of things that are hugely unfriendly to basic human nature. Historically it's often been out of necessity, but fortunately we're well-off enough now as a group to afford changing that.
- robertlagrant 4y agoMaybe, but I'm not really talking about that.
- ChikkaChiChi 4y agoMaybe your stayed up later because that was the time your body was at its peak awareness. It could be conditioned that way, or it could be built into your genes. After all, somebody had to stay up and keep watch all night when we lived in caves.
- lupire 4y agoWhat? No. Pack animals don't have members who stay up all night every night. Humans who need night watch take turns in short shifts.
- barry-cotter 4y agoCongratulations, you have reinvented a scientific hypothesis. Unfortunately I can’t find a related article in one minute’s search but IIRC even sure extremely small groups, less than 10 people there’s enough variety in sleep patterns that on average someone is awake for all but ~30 minutes most nights.
- robswc 4y agoI've heard of this research. I wouldn't at all doubt it. I think 8:30 is perfectly reasonable... I just don't think it will have the effects people think it will. Maybe a marginal improvement which is fine to shoot for... but I just see too many kids choosing an extra hour of games/phone vs sleep.
- bee_rider 4y agoWhat's marginal? From the article: > Places that have already pushed back school start times have repeatedly seen positive results. When Seattle’s public-school district shifted its start time in 2016 (from 7:50 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.), students got a median of an additional 34 minutes of sleep a night as a result. And in Cherry Creek, a Denver-area suburb, high schoolers slept about 45 minutes longer on average, and those improvements endured even two years after the change. 34 extra minutes of sleep on 55 is pretty good IMO.