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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s fine. They adjust.[/quote]

No the don’t. Their circadian clock doesn’t adjust. [/quote]

Mine (who slept til 11:30 today) adjusted fine, as did I as a teenager. Woke up in the dark every morning, even earlier than necessary, to have enough time to do my hair. Not ideal, but we’re all doing just fine.[/quote]

No, they are tired and yes, it is not ideal. You contradicted yourself bc you know it needs to be later and you admit your kids slept till 11:30. Your time to fo your hair does not correlate to a study in the biology of teen sleep patterns. [/quote]

I was only pointing out that though her body might want to sleep til 11:30, she does fine when forced to wake up much earlier. She doesn’t get home til nearly 5 pm most days. She’s cheerful and doing well in school. Her phone shuts off at 9 pm, so if yours are having trouble, maybe try that.[/quote]
My kid isn’t using her phone after 9pm, is getting straight A’s in a magnet program, and has to be out the door by 6:35 to catch her bus. She’s cheerful most hours out of the day…but not from 6-8:00am. By Friday nights she’s a zombie. If we have special weekend plans that prevent her from getting caught up on her sleep, the next week is really tough. She’s physically and mentally healthy, doing well in school, and has a happy social life, but she’s tired. Is the early start time going to break her? No, she’ll survive it like we did. But is it fine? No, it’s not. A later start time would be better. It may not be feasible, but it would be better.[/quote]

Ok, but not all kids feel that way. What does her doctor say? Why do you think your kid is representative of all teens everywhere? And with a later start time, you realize she'll just be staying up later and still not getting more sleep. [/quote]
I don’t think she’s “representative of all teens everywhere,” but then, you already knew that since you resorted to hyperbole. She is representative of a not insignificant number of teens who are not staying up super late, not using their phones into the wee hours, not failing to show up to school on time, not struggling in school, but could really use more sleep. My post was written in response to the one I quoted above, where it was suggested that limiting phone use might be the solution to helping teens be well rested with the early start time.[/quote]

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