The Sleep-Deprived Teen - Why Our Teenagers Are So Tired, and How Parents and Schools Can Help Them Thrive (Healthy sleep habits, Sleep patterns,Teenage sleep)

Teenagers are tired, strapped for time, and often asked to wake far earlier than they should due to school start times. In The Sleep-Deprived Teen, journalist Lisa L. Lewis shares the science of why teenage sleep matters, providing parents with a roadmap to improve their teens’ sleep—and their own.

List of contents

Foreword: Written by Rafael Pelayo, MD

Introduction

Part I: The Story of Teen Sleep (and Schools)

• Prologue: The Stanford Summer Sleep Camp



• Chapter 2: Sleep and the Developing Teenage Brain



• Chapter 3: How Did We Get Here?



• Chapter 4: Taking It to the Schools

Part II: Why Sleep Matters

• Chapter 5: Sleep and Mental Health



• Chapter 6: Risky Behaviors and Unhealthy Habits



• Chapter 7: Sleepwalking Through School



• Chapter 8: Sleep and Sports



• Chapter 9: Teens and Drowsy Driving



• Chapter 10: Not All Teens Sleep the Same: Why sex, ethnicity, identity, and socioeconomic status matter

Part III: How to Help Teens Get More Sleep

• Chapter 11: How to help teens get more sleep: daytime considerations



• Chapter 12: Other ways to help teens get more sleep: night moves



• Chapter 13: What About Tech?



• Chapter 14: How to help change school start times: strategies for success



• Chapter 15: How to Help Change School Start Times: Insights on What to Expect



• Chapter 16: Conclusion: Where We Are Today

Appendices

acknowledgments

endnotes

index

About the Author

About the author

Lisa L. Lewis, MS, is a freelance journalist who covers the intersection of parenting, public health, and education. She played a key role in California’s new healthy school start times law, the first of its kind in the nation. Lewis is a frequent contributor to The Washington Post and has written for The New York Times, The Atlantic, TIME, the Los Angeles Times, Slate, and Your Teen, among others. She’s a parent to two teens, who inspire much of what she writes about—everything from concussions and heat stroke to school lockdowns to teenage sleep.Rafael Pelayo, MD, FAASM, is a clinical professor at Stanford University School of Medicine in the division of sleep medicine. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Summary

Teenagers are tired, strapped for time, and often asked to wake far earlier than they should due to school start times. In The Sleep-Deprived Teen, journalist Lisa L. Lewis shares the science of why teenage sleep matters, providing parents with a roadmap to improve their teens’ sleep—and their own.

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“In this timely book, Lisa L. Lewis underscores why sleep is so vital for adolescent well-being and resilience and offers detailed, actionable tools for bringing about change. Grounded in science and filled with insights and inspiration, The Sleep-Deprived Teen is a call to action for parents everywhere to help their teens thrive.”

—Arianna Huffington, founder & CEO of Thrive Global

“In her compelling and deeply researched book, Lisa L. Lewis shows why sleep matters to the physical, emotional, and social well-being of teenagers. She deftly reviews the science, then provides practical advice for putting those scientific insights into action. For parents and educators everywhere, this book is an urgent and timely read.”

—Daniel H. Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author of When, Drive, The Power of Regret, and To Sell Is Human

“Lisa L. Lewis’s book should serve as a wake-up call to parents, lawmakers, school administrators, coaches, and teens everywhere. It’s nearly impossible to convince adolescents they need more sleep, but this book is full of persuasive facts even the most exhausted teen might heed. Don’t let your aspiring NBA players miss the chapter on sleep as a competitive advantage! The Sleep-Deprived Teen is a bright and easy read with profound implications for the health and development of teens.”

—Michelle Icard, author of Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen

“The Sleep-Deprived Teen is a must-read for anyone caring for tweens and teens. It explains in a clear and accessible way how kids’ sleep patterns change during puberty and why good-quality sleep is so critical to the physical and emotional well-being of our adolescents.”

—Vanessa Kroll Bennett, cohost of The Puberty Podcast

“The Sleep-Deprived Teen provides a conversationally paced review of the scientific background behind teen sleep challenges and outlines a roadmap for healthier and better-slept teens through community and school advocacy. Investing in today’s teens, who are tomorrow’s leaders, truly does start with a good night’s sleep!”

—Maida Lynn Chen, MD, director of the Sleep Center at Seattle Children’s Hospital and associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine

“Filled with outstanding research and reporting, The Sleep-Deprived Teen should convince every parent and educator of teens to make healthy sleep a priority. Lisa L. Lewis covers the latest research on sleep-deprivation and compels readers to consider practical changes around school start times, sports practices, media use, caffeine, driving habits and more, all with a goal of improving teen health and engagement with learning. Read it with your teen today!”

—Denise Pope, PhD, cofounder of Challenge Success and senior lecturer at Stanford University Graduate School of Education

“While we often view waking sleepy teens for pre-dawn school as a joke at best or annoyance at worst, The Sleep-Deprived Teen shows why this practice undermines the health and well-being of children, families, and entire communities. Whether you live with, work with, or even know any teenagers, this engaging, illuminating book will awaken you to this ‘sleeper’ of an issue and show you how we as a society can address it.”

—Terra Ziporyn Snider, PhD, executive director and cofounder of Start School Later

Product details

• Authors: Lisa Lewis, Lisa L. Lewis
• Assisted by: Rafael Pelayo (Foreword)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.06.2022
• EAN: 9781642507911
• ISBN: 978-1-64250-791-1
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; HEALTH & FITNESS / Children's Health, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Life Stages / Teenagers, HEALTH & FITNESS / Sleep, Children’s health, Teenagers: advice for parents, Relating to adolescence / teenage years, MEDICAL / Sleep Medicine, Coping with sleep problems, Coping with / advice about sleep problems