Experts say that teenagers need about 9 hours of sleep every night. Studies have found that a small percent between 13 and 15% of teenagers actually get 9 hours of sleep on a regular basis. It is shown that not getting enough sleep as a teenager is not good for your grades, health, athletics, how you look, and how you feel. Dr. Dhani Jones thinks that all the light in the dark may actually be making teenagers loose sleep. Before electrically and gas powered lights people used to work according to the sun, so when the sun went down the work day was pretty much over with. But now that there is a thing called the light bulb now, it keeps everyone up at night. You would think that this would help get more work done, since people can work around the clock, but studies have shown that artificial light can disrupt with something called the circadian cycle. Another issue is phones. This is the biggest thing keeping people up at night in this time of life. If you don't get enough sleep you can become drowsy, not pay attention, and may not be able to perform as well as if you had all 9 hours of sleep. I rarely get 9 hours of sleep on a regular basis. The most hours i get may be 6 or 7 which is really bad. I think sleep is a very essential thing to help you do and perform your best everyday. Sleep is needed and everyone should try and set aside time to sleep and reset your body. It can be really damaging to not get enough sleep especially as a growing teenager. Sleep is important and don't think that it isn't. You need to be re-power your body and rest your brain. Sleep is the best thing ever and every needs it. If you want to stay on top of your game, get some shut eye! |