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> You can't make teenagers sleep more by changing the number on the clock. As a matter of fact, the article cites data from Seattle and Denver which shows that

by wzdd 4y ago

> You can't make teenagers sleep more by changing the number on the clock. As a matter of fact, the article cites data from Seattle and Denver which shows that teenagers slept more after schools in these areas changed the number on the clock.

JaceLightning 4y ago
Of course they will right away. Then after a year or two it will be the same problem again. Changing the number on the clock to get more sleep is like taking out a loan to pay down your debt: sure you will be able to pay off your housing and car payment today, but soon that loan you took out will come due.
- NobodyNada 4y ago
  > 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.
- lelanthran 4y ago
  > Of course they will right away. > > Then after a year or two it will be the same problem again. According to the article it lasted for over two years.