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Digital Boundaries For Generation Z

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I have written previously on this blog about the issues of teenagers getting enough sleep. So it will come as no surprise to those who are regular readers of this blog that the following research about Generation Z and sleep caught my attention recently. Lisa Matricciani, a researcher from the University of South Australia, has [...]

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How Starting School Later Can Help Teens.

It’s a scenario played out in countless households every morning.  In fact it happens so often it is a cliché of adolescence. A parent rattling off an endless list of reminders, threats, and pleas, at increasingly rapid intervals, in a desperate attempt to get their teenage child out of bed in time for school.  When [...]

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Teenagers Don’t Sleep Enough!

Just about every one who has ever parented a teenager has made a complaint along the following lines: They never go to bed at a reasonable time They operate in slow motion in the mornings They waste the whole weekend sleeping The sleeping habit’s of teenagers form a part of the common adolescent stereotype along [...]

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