For me as a parent, I found this snippet from the article interesting:
It may also work as a prophylactic: recent studies suggest that teenagers whose parents set – and manage to enforce – earlier bedtimes are less at risk of depression and suicidal thinking. Like light therapy and sleep deprivation, the precise mechanism is unclear, but researchers suspect a closer fit between sleep time and the natural light–dark cycle is important.
I have an 8 year old girl and notice that every time the bedtime routine is delayed her behaviour gets worse both in the evening and the day after.
It may also work as a prophylactic: recent studies suggest that teenagers whose parents set – and manage to enforce – earlier bedtimes are less at risk of depression and suicidal thinking. Like light therapy and sleep deprivation, the precise mechanism is unclear, but researchers suspect a closer fit between sleep time and the natural light–dark cycle is important.
I have an 8 year old girl and notice that every time the bedtime routine is delayed her behaviour gets worse both in the evening and the day after.