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The Sleep-Deprived Teen: Why Our Teenagers Are So Tired, and How Parents and Schools Can Help Them Thrive
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An actionable and eye-opening guide with solutions for today’s sleep-deprived teens
Teenagers are overloaded, strapped for time, and often asked to wake far earlier than they should because of school start times. It’s no surprise they’re sleep-deprived as a result, with far-reaching consequences.
Journalist Lisa L. Lewis, who helped spark the first law in the nation requiring healthy school start times for adolescents, has written a reader-friendly book for parents who want to help their exhausted teens. In The Sleep-Deprived Teen, Lewis synthesizes the research to provide parents of teens and tweens with reader-friendly information and strategies, including:
Teenagers are overloaded, strapped for time, and often asked to wake far earlier than they should because of school start times. It’s no surprise they’re sleep-deprived as a result, with far-reaching consequences.
Journalist Lisa L. Lewis, who helped spark the first law in the nation requiring healthy school start times for adolescents, has written a reader-friendly book for parents who want to help their exhausted teens. In The Sleep-Deprived Teen, Lewis synthesizes the research to provide parents of teens and tweens with reader-friendly information and strategies, including:
- The science of why sleep matters and how it changes during the teen years
- An overview of how sleep affects mental health, athletic performance, academic success, and more
- An eye-opening look at the ways that technology affects teen sleep
- A guide to making sleep-friendly changes at home and in schools to help teens
- An exclusive insider look at what it took to bring about California’s healthy school start times law