Should Dangerous start times in Australia be changed to help sleep deprived children?
Children and Teens are not getting proper growth opportunities and a major reason to this is the amount of sleep they get which goes back to the ridiculous school start times, there needs to be a change.
Other countries are starting to do it, why shouldn’t Australia? Drugs and medicines aren’t going to help or even changing sleeping styles. Children are becoming more and more sleep deprived by the day and if we don’t make a fix to this it may become significantly worse, I think that a later start time will save children’s not just short term but long-term health.
To be fair, some Australian schools have actually started to do this such as, Melbourne Templestowe …show more content…
A very common sleeping style other than Monophasic sleep, which is the most common 8-10 hours of sleep children are supposed to be sleeping. Children and teens go to Biphasic or Polyphasic sleeping. Biphasic sleeping is when you sleep twice a day and Polyphasic is twice or more. Many reliable sources have said for this to be detrimental to Teens growth such as Jeff Mann, Founder of Sleep Junkies.
A very common effect to not getting enough sleep is sleep deprivation, this is the condition of not having enough sleep, it is normally chronic. A chronic state can cause fatigue, daytime sleepiness or even weight gain or loss. Consumeraffairs.com reports that 50% of Australian students get less than 8 hours of sleep every night and a Herald Sun study reports that 70% suffer from sleep deprivation.
A very likely reason that Teens don’t get much sleep at night is because it is difficult to sleep when you have so many hormones racing around that effects your sleep quality. This is why some people have resorted to sleeping pills, these may be effective to you getting to the sleep in the first place but it can cause Constipation, Dry mouth or throat and even burning and tingling in your hands, arms and
Children and Teens are not getting proper growth opportunities and a major reason to this is the amount of sleep they get which goes back to the ridiculous school start times, there needs to be a change.
Other countries are starting to do it, why shouldn’t Australia? Drugs and medicines aren’t going to help or even changing sleeping styles. Children are becoming more and more sleep deprived by the day and if we don’t make a fix to this it may become significantly worse, I think that a later start time will save children’s not just short term but long-term health.
To be fair, some Australian schools have actually started to do this such as, Melbourne Templestowe …show more content…
A very common sleeping style other than Monophasic sleep, which is the most common 8-10 hours of sleep children are supposed to be sleeping. Children and teens go to Biphasic or Polyphasic sleeping. Biphasic sleeping is when you sleep twice a day and Polyphasic is twice or more. Many reliable sources have said for this to be detrimental to Teens growth such as Jeff Mann, Founder of Sleep Junkies.
A very common effect to not getting enough sleep is sleep deprivation, this is the condition of not having enough sleep, it is normally chronic. A chronic state can cause fatigue, daytime sleepiness or even weight gain or loss. Consumeraffairs.com reports that 50% of Australian students get less than 8 hours of sleep every night and a Herald Sun study reports that 70% suffer from sleep deprivation.
A very likely reason that Teens don’t get much sleep at night is because it is difficult to sleep when you have so many hormones racing around that effects your sleep quality. This is why some people have resorted to sleeping pills, these may be effective to you getting to the sleep in the first place but it can cause Constipation, Dry mouth or throat and even burning and tingling in your hands, arms and