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# Episode 14: Summer and Back to School Sleep Challenges
- URL: https://drcraigcanapari.com/episode-14-summer-and-back-to-school-sleep-challenges/
- Published: 2025-07-28T11:36:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-07-28T11:36:00.000Z
- Author: Craig Canapari MD
- Tags: Podcast, #canapari-gmail-com, #wp, #wp-podcast, #Import 2026-02-27 17:07

Tips for Infants, Toddlers, and Teens In this episode of the Sleep Edit podcast, hosts Dr. Craig Canapari and Arielle Greenleaf provide evidence-based tips and strategies to help parents manage their children's sleep during the summer and back-to-school transitions. They discuss common issues such as later bedtimes, disrupted routines, increased screen time, and the impact of travel on sleep patterns.

- 00:00 Introduction and Disclaimer
- 01:09 Meet the Hosts
- 01:24 Summer Sleep Challenges
- 03:55 Pandemic Sleep Patterns
- 05:08 Structured Days Hypothesis
- 07:57 Managing Heat and Sleep
- 09:58 Travel and Sleep Tips for Infants and Toddlers
- 16:06 Vacation Sleep Realities
- 19:47 School-Age Sleep Strategies
- 20:50 Replicating Schedules for Special Needs Children
- 21:47 Bedtime Recommendations for Different Age Groups
- 23:07 Managing Screen Time During Summer
- 24:01 The Benefits of Summer Camps and Jobs
- 24:49 Camping as a Sleep Reset Tool
- 26:41 Traveling to Adjust Sleep Schedules
- 27:25 General Summer Sleep Tips for Parents
- 32:23 Adjusting Teen Sleep Schedules Before School Starts
- 37:38 Final Thoughts and Contact Information

## Links

[The Structured Days hypothesis](https://ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12966-017-0555-2?ref=drcraigcanapari.com)

[Study of 9-15 year olds showed that later shift was associated with poorer dietary cohoices](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28709514/?ref=drcraigcanapari.com)

[Resources (slides and references) from Dr. Canapari’s talk on Covid-19 and sleep](https://drcraigcanapari.com/resources-from-covid-talk/)

[The Forbidden Zone and what it means for putting your kid down](https://drcraigcanapari.com/adventures-fly-zone-perils-moving-childs-bedtime/)

[Vacation “sleep”: How to get shuteye when on the move](https://drcraigcanapari.com/vacation-sleep/)

[Dr. Canapari’s article on summer sleep and back to school](https://drcraigcanapari.com/the-back-to-school-sleep-tune-up/)

[Camping as a way to reset sleep schedules](https://www.sleep.com/travel/good-sleep-camping?ref=drcraigcanapari.com)