Proven advice for better sleep in kids and parents
Summer vacation means freedom for most kids. However, sleep schedules tend to fall by the wayside during the summer months. Many parents worry about teen summer sleep. Learn how you can help your …
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Look, whether you're working or you're a student these days, unfortunately, online classes, online meetings are just the fact of life. And many of my patients have been struggling with sleepiness …
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Teenagers are more sleep deprived than ever before— about 85% don’t get enough sleep at night. There are lots of reasons for this: excessive homework, too early school start times, and the intrusion …
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Homework stresses kids out; there is no way around this fact. The combination of heavy homework loads and early school start times is a major cause of sleep deprivation and consequent stress in …
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Today the Centers for Disease Control published the results of an annual survey of over 39,000 schools in the United States. They add to the growing chorus of voices advocating for later school start …
"Why is he so tired all of the time?" I get asked this question a lot in Sleep Clinic.Their child can't get out of bed in the morning, or is falling asleep in school. Or, alternatively, she just …
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Last week, I published a long post entitled, Should My Child Take Melatonin? A Guide for Parents. In that article, I really tried to focus on the medical side of the question. How safe is it? How …
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Here is the recording of the talk I gave 4/1/15 with Terra Ziporyn Snider at Yale Grand Rounds. Unfortunately the sound quality is not the best. https://youtu.be/G12orrOugeM Here are our …
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One of the best parts of writing this blog has been getting to know many people who, like myself, are passionate about the importance of sleep. One of the best champions for healthy sleep in teenagers …
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Tonight I am speaking at a meeting to discuss school start times in Guilford. I firmly believe that our high school start times are too early (7:25 AM) and that this results in chronic sleep …
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Sleep deprivation in teens is at epidemic levels in this country. A recent study was published by the Centers for Disease Control on the amount of time that teenagers get on an average school night. …
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The documentary Sleepless in America on the National Geographic Channel starts with the powerful story of a man who lost his wife and two of his children after they were struck by a driver who had …
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When I was growing up, I rarely used my home computer for school work. In college and med school, it was more common but I still used it mostly to write papers. However, there has been a huge shift in …
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The American Sleep Medicine Foundation held a contest for teenagers to put together a short film about sleep. The winner was Jasper Lown, a senior in high school in …
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