Mine gets about 10 hours of sleep a night but he has a schedule that any teen would love he goes to bed at 1:30am & gets up at 11:30am, we home school so he can do that.

usmom3 Jun. 1, 2009 at 9:18 PM

Our 17 year old does all that is mentioned in the article.  He gets around 6 hrs a night.   I had a couple of different docs tell me that a teen is a natural night-owl, and that school for high schoolers should be in the afternoon and not at 7:45 am.  After 8 kids I really believe this, teachers I have talked to also believe it.

40yrmom Jun. 1, 2009 at 10:06 PM

Roughly 8 hours.

For my kid, it works..and she's defenitly not an overtasker. The only reason she falls asleep in school is because the teacher is talking in a mono-tone.

And to 40yrmom - Not all high schoolers are like that. If perhaps they offered choices depending on what the kid does better in, that would be better. I know my kid would fall asleep far too often if it was in the afternoon and not the morning, she, like other kids, is more alert in the morning.

Selena Jun. 2, 2009 at 12:30 AM

Mine are still little, but I am only 20, when I was still a teen, I needed, and still need about 10 to 12 hrs of sleep. I would turn down going out with friends on the weekend, if I knew I wouldn't be albe to get enough (like for church) because I honestly could not function. I am so lucky my kids are the same way!!!

clovismommy25 Jun. 2, 2009 at 2:02 AM