Why school should start later for teens

Name: Why school should start later for teens
Uploaded: 2016-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 10 min
Description: Teens don't get enough sleep, and it's not because of Snapchat, social lives or hormones -- it's because of public policy, says Wendy Troxel. Drawing from her experience as a sleep researcher, clinician and mother of a teenager, Troxel discusses how early school start times deprive adolescents of sleep during the time of their lives when they need it most.

TEDxManhattanBeach 2016Nov 201610 min2291310 views

Speaker

Wendy TroxelSleep Scientist | Improving Health and Performance

About this talk

Teens don't get enough sleep, and it's not because of Snapchat, social lives or hormones -- it's because of public policy, says Wendy Troxel. Drawing from her experience as a sleep researcher, clinician and mother of a teenager, Troxel discusses how early school start times deprive adolescents of sleep during the time of their lives when they need it most.