The right to sleep

For at least two years now, I have been actively arguing that teenagers are among the most sleep-deprived people on earth. This month in National Geographic, an article by D. T. Max backs up my suspicions.

"The natural sleep rhythms of teenagers would call for a late morning wake-up—but there they are, starting high school at 8 a.m... Yet he or she has no choice."

Read for yourself at http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2010/05/sleep/max-text

Sweet dreams,
xxo, S