Another interesting and important posting from the National Sleep Foundation site.

Most kids sleep later during the summer vacation.  Remember to start getting them on their school sleep schedule early since it takes a few weeks to get it set.  The article recommends two weeks for best results.  There are other good recomendations in the article also.

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This Article appeared on Mercury News.com out in Silicon Valley CA.  “When teens hit puberty, their internal circadian clocks wind forward 1 to 3 hours, meaning they need 9 hours of sleep on average, a couple more hours than their younger siblings”.  As the parent of a pair of active teenagers, I can attest to the difficulty of getting them to bed at a reasonable hour.  After school, sports and homework there is so little time left.  Some days it is a struggle to get it all done and get them to bed before 10pm.  But the more we know about sleep, the more we learn that it is critical to their overall health and well being.

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Wow, what a cool article about getting kids (or anyone willing) back on a schedule.  There is some great info about how much sleep kids need also.

Getting Kids back on their school sleep schedule.

….and of course, I would add a great dawn simulator to the list to make getting up a little bit easier!

Our best selling dawn simulator for kids…

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