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by jenadine 1215 days ago
Why not going to sleep earlier?
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in the article: „And around puberty, their circadian clocks shift by a couple of hours, meaning they get tired later at night than before and wake up later in the morning than they used to. This shift reverses at adulthood.“ I agree with you somewhat that there is some personal responsibility required here, but I disagree that the answer here is so simple as going to sleep earlier.
>I agree with you somewhat that there is some personal responsibility required here, but I disagree that the answer here is so simple as going to sleep earlier.

I think this is where I'm at. I know its entirely possible to sleep earlier with lifestyle changes. I spent a summer at my grandparents with no wifi, tech etc and going outside to play, I was so bored but damn if that wasn't the best sleep I ever had in my life, lol... and early too, never more than 10 PM.

I'm just worried if we start later and later, it could keep creeping up until you have no reasonable time left to start later. I suppose experimenting with it couldn't hurt though.

Did the article cite the source for this and maybe I missed it? It says a lot of things and "countless studies" but curiously doesn't list all of them.
user jobs_throwaway posted a link to a paper on this topic

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK222804/#:~:text=Resear...

In the article, they link to this website.

https://www.nationwidechildrens.org/specialties/sleep-disord...

Because teens have a natural tendency to fall asleep later: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK222804/#:~:text=Resear...

Sure, it is possible to have them go to bed earlier, but you're fighting biology

We are already fighting biology the whole time by waking up early. Why can't we fight biology for a week until the body adjusts?