Teens Staying up Too Late
Get the amount of sleep you need each night to be more happy
Recommened hours of sleep
There are Recommended hours of sleep that people should follow, but most people don’t. Infants: 12-18 hours Toddlers/Children: 10-14 hours Adolescents: 8.5-9.25 hours Adults: 7-9 hours. If you don't follow these times, and you are tired a lot in the day, you should start to follow the times.
Sleep disorders
There are different types of sleep disorders:
Insomnia- Insomnia, or the inability to sleep, affects your sleep pattern largely. Insomnia only lasts for a few days usually. Insomnia comes to people that are fairly healthy and have no problems sleeping.
REM (rapid eye movement)- REM is where you fall into a very deep sleep and your eyes rapidly move
The things that you should be doing before bed
Homework
Get it done before bed so that you get a better sleep.
Reading
Reading will build your imagination so you will have good dreams.
Turn your phone off
When you turn your phone off, it's time to go to bed.
The things that you should not be doing before bed
Playing on your phone
Having a bright light in your face before bed will make your brain think that you are still in the day time and will make it hard for you to go to bed.
Watching T.V
You should be doing homework instead!!
Playing sports
Make sure that you are not playing right before bed or it will make it hard for you to go to sleep.
Our Solution
We have a solution to try to get teens to get more sleep. A clock! You plug your phone into the clock and set a time for settle down time (when you should be reading, homework, etc.) a time for eyes closed time, and a wake up time. When you set these times your phone automatically shuts off and charges.