If your kid is groggy on school mornings, it may be because he’s sleeping late on weekends, changing slumber patterns not just those two days can have the same negative effect on brain functions as jet lag.
Researchers analyzed high school kids for two weeks. During week one, kids stuck to their typical school-day sleep schedule every night such as 11pm to 6:30am. In second week, kids switched to a later shut-eye routine on the weekend 12:30am to 9:30am. When students stayed up late and slept in on Saturday and Sunday, reaction-time tests showed they were less alert on Monday morning – even though they got about three more hours of weekend sleep.
So, encourage your kid to go to bed, and wake up, at the same time every day. Set your talking watches as a reminder just in case your kids forget their sleep schedule. When she aces the first-period pop quiz, she’ll thank you.
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