Comments on: lack of sleep proven to impact teen brain development

By: Loose Ends and Other Minutiae « Heart Renovation

Loose Ends and Other Minutiae « Heart Renovation — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:43:59 +0000

[...] still reflecting. Check it out and you’ll see what I’m talking about. Marko had a great post right after Thanksgiving that linked to an article in the New York Magazine that discussed the [...]

By: Ashley Merryman

Ashley Merryman — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:54:22 +0000

Thank you so much for the link to my and Po’s piece!

Jeff- You’re right that the science doesn’t completely know the answer to your question at this point, but what I would recommend is considering the more immediate effects when you are scheduling an event — meaning, having kids stay up late may mess up their sleep schedules and therefore cognitive functioning during the following day, even week, depending. (If you just think about how hard it is to get back on schedule when we change to Daylight /Standard time, you’ll get an idea of what happens to a kid really every weekend, since they all stay up late then.) If it’s the summer, that might be less of a concern. However, if you are scheduling a retreat for high schoolers a week before the SAT, that might be a problem.

By: Jeff Moulton

Jeff Moulton — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:37:15 +0000

The one thing I wanted from these studies, and didn’t really get, was an indication of the marginal effect of a single night of lack of sleep. I want to know for when I do an overnight if my single event by itself will cause permanent damage, or do you need a week, or do you need this to be truly a chronic problem.

Of course, the answer is probably “nobody knows … yet”. But I would sleep a bit better (pun intended) having some assurance that my actions in my capacity as a minister weren’t having a preventable and measurable negative impact.

By: Joe Donahue

Joe Donahue — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:31:02 +0000

This is the main reason when we plan retreats, we try to give our students a little extra sleep…

By: David Mackey

David Mackey — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 03:23:13 +0000

Gonna have to bookmark this one for later.

By: tash

tash — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 22:33:08 +0000

Wow — down here the earliest schools start is usually around 8.30am. BUT .. this article has stacks of relevant info — chur chur tonto!

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:28:39 +0000

WOW! Thanks Marko for this great article. I have been a big supported for teens and sleep and have noticed a big decrease in sleep with my youth. I will be posting this article on our website for parents to read.

By: Brian Buchanan

Brian Buchanan — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:30:15 +0000

Currently I work for Camfel productions doing school assemblies in schools around the country and it’s amazing to me how many schools start at 7am (or earlier)… maybe we need to rethink our education system and move back the start of school!!

By: carla

carla — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:02:35 +0000

amen to that! I’ve always been a big proponent of sleep for kids. So many behavior issues are connected to lack of sleep. I’ll be quoting this article often!

By: Heidi Renee

Heidi Renee — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:24:43 +0000

I can see the Youthworker Journal headline now “Lock Ins Cause Brain Damage, and not Just for Youth Workers!”

Amazing article – thanks for the head’s up!