The Effects Of Sleep Deprivation On Children

Do you ever wake up and feel like you haven’t gotten enough sleep? The reason is because in reality you probably haven’t. Studies show that schools should not start any earlier that 8:30 in the morning due to teens suffering from sleep deprivation. There are many negative effects this condition can have on a teens body including a direct effect on one’s physical and mental health, public safety and excelling in the future. In the Ted Talk video, " Why school should start later for teens" by, Wendy Troxel.  Ms. Troxel explained why school should start later for teens.. Students are very drowsy in the morning and are usually rushing to get to school on time which limits breakfasts times and healthy food options. Schools should start no earlier than 8:30 a.m.  for several reasons  but sleep deprivation is  the most important. Sleep deprivation can cause a direct effect to a child’s general health and behavior, public safety and potentially future success.

Typically, people enjoy receiving an extra hour of sleep, even an extra five minutes of sleep. Teens are just one group of people who enjoy sleep. Unfortunately, teens are unable to obtain the correct number of hours per night. Later school start times would be beneficial because the schools would see an impact on attendance, increased school performance, and based on several studies, students would receive the recommended amount of sleep. The psychological effects would greatly outweigh the negative effects caused by an early start time. Benefits of a later start time include, better health, improved grades and teens reaching the recommended amount of sleep per night. Downfalls of starting school later would be transportation issues, coddling

Having a later school start time can increase a student’s academic grades and awareness. Thirty-three percent of teens say that they fell asleep in class. Even though this is a small portion of teens, falling asleep in class shouldn’t even happen once. Also, this means they are getting less than what they need,(eight to nine hours of sleep a night). A school needs to pack as much teaching time as they can in a day, but if that means waking up a student at a time so early, then there's no point.When a student doesn’t sleep as much, students are not aware as they would be if they had a good night’s rest. If students had this sleep, the would pay more attention in class. Therefor, a student would have better grades.

Have you ever been really tired when you wake up for school in the morning? Sleep is very important to all teens, or it should be. Young adults should have 8.5-9.25 hours of sleep every night, according to the National Sleep Foundation (NSF), in Sarah McKibben’s article “Wake Up Calls”. Unfortunately, two-thirds of teens are getting less than 7 hours of sleep each night, according to the NSF’s chart. This is causing a large number of schools and scientists to think that schools should start later in the morning. I fiercely disagree with this. Schools should not start later because starting later for high schools would cause too many negative consequences.

Without a doubt, it is certain that there are students that are not able to reach their full potential to do well in school because of the lack of sleep. When school is pushed back to start later there is a significant change in daily and academic performance. These areas have is very much improved fact ( from http://www.kappanonline.org/later-start-time-for-teens/) states from an experiment where they took two schools one that started at 8:00 and one that started at 8:55 for the school that started later,It is proven that student pays more attention and the students were awake during the first hour of class. With the attention of the students in the

What if you weren’t so tired in school? Imagine feeling energized like you just drank a gallon of coffee and refreshed in school, ready to learn with your classmates all around you, happily talking about class and catching up with each other. School could be so much better. Therefore, the question is-- should schools have later starting times? In “Should School Start Later?”

Our learning won’t be affected, right? Wrong. Again. Not having enough sleep to a student is like a car without enough fuel to go where it wants; sleep-deprived students can not reach their full potential for learning. Without sufficient sleep, students can suffer from learning difficulties and behavioral problems. As the author Jojo Jensen put it, “Without enough sleep, we all become tall two-year-olds.” Yet school is the exact time where we are expected to learn productively and behave maturely. And not only do early school start times divert our energy from excelling in school, it prevents us from doing well in other events outside of school, such as spending time with family, socializing with friends, participating in clubs, competing in sports, and overall, preventing kids like us from being able to be

When students do receive enough sleep they have enhanced performance physically, mentally and academically. A study from the NSF (national sleep foundation) found that students who had a school day starting 1 hour later

School starting later in the morning has many benefits. One is that all the students could easily get the 8.5- 9.5 hours of sleep the students need each night (“Wake Up Calls”). The odds of them getting that much sleep are much higher if school would start later in the morning. It is proven that students learn better when they are awake and when

According to the National Sleep Foundation, 87 percent of high school students in the U.S. were getting less than the recommended 8.5 to 9.5 hours of sleep on school nights (Barbash). If schools in the United States would push their start times back to 8:30 AM or to 9:00 AM teens could get the amount of sleep needed for physical and mental health. Another reason for later start time is that teens are wired to stay up late at night and to sleep in late in the morning. These are just a few of the many reasons why school should have regulated later start time which would be beneficial for the students.

The first reason schools should have a later start time is because of student health. SleepingResources.com claimed, “ Sleep deprivation increases risk for diabetes, obesity, and high blood pressure.” This can be harmful to health because it can cause serious health problems such as heart disease and strokes. Strokes deprive peoples’ brains of oxygen and nutrients, which can cause their brain cells to die. Also, if someone gets less sleep they have an increased risk of crashing while driving. Teens that can drive would not be awake enough to be able

For years parents have been fighting with their children, trying to wake them up in time for school. Teenagers seem to want nothing more than just a few more extra hours, or even minutes, of sleep in the morning. And many people claim that teens are just lazy and all they need to do is sleep earlier and it will be much easier for them to get up in the morning. But a better solution may be for school times to simply start later for High School students. Not only will students be gaining more sleep, but that will also help them with school and the other important parts of their lives.

Finally, later start times in schools will not conflict with teen’s natural sleep schedule. M. Safwan Badr from “USA Today” says,“The typical teen body wants to sleep from about 12 a.m. or 1 a.m. until 8 a.m. or 9 a.m. They're waking up at a time when their brain doesn't want them to be awake" (2). Teens are often rushed out the door sometimes with no breakfast before their brain and body has stopped telling students that it is time to sleep. Therefore, it hard for students to concentrate at school. It would even be easier for parents to get their student to school.There would not be such a rush out the

On average in today’s society most teens don’t like going to school that early in the morning. To have to wake up so early when they only get about seven hours of sleep, to have students be coming into school at 7:30AM or maybe even earlier in some other schools, is not right. Students need to have time at night to get work done, not only schoolwork but also non-schoolwork. Needless to say, the school schedule for high school students needs to be changed and be made where they go in later. That way they get their work done and get enough sleep because without much sleep students will not be getting high grades. A health survey that the University Health Center administered showed them that one in four students say that lack of sleep has

Sleep deprivation is defined as a condition of not getting enough sleep. It can have very adverse effects on the brain and cognitive function. Research has shown that adequate sleep is essential for children and that not getting enough sleep can have behavior problems in children. Research done has showed that short sleep is associated with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in 7- to 8 year old children (Paavonen, Räikkönen, Lahti, Komsi, Heinonen, Pesonen, Järvenpää, Strandberg, Kajantie, Porkka, & Heiskanen, 2009). Children whose average sleep duration of 7.7 to 9.4 hours (Paavonen, Räikkönen, Lahti, Komsi, Heinonen, Pesonen, Järvenpää, Strandberg, Kajantie, Porkka, & Heiskanen, 2009). With the