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\nIt\u2019s 11 pm on a weeknight and your teenager still has their bedroom light on. You want them to get enough sleep for school the next day, but it\u2019s a struggle.<\/p>\n
\nIt\u2019s 11 pm on a weeknight and your teenager still has their bedroom light on. You want them to get enough sleep for school the next day, but it\u2019s a struggle.<\/p>\n
Our\u00a0new research<\/a>\u00a0shows what happens to the brains and behaviour of young teenagers, years after they\u2019ve become \u201cnight owls\u201d.<\/p>\n We found this shift in sleep pattern increased the risk of having behavioural problems and delayed brain development in later adolescence.<\/p>\n But it\u2019s not all bad news for night owls.<\/p>\n People\u2019s sleep\u00a0patterns shift<\/a>\u00a0during their teenage years. Teens can stay awake longer, fall asleep later, and have a lie in the next day.<\/p>\n Many teens also shift from being a\u00a0morning lark to a night owl<\/a>. They feel more productive and alert later in the evening, preferring to go to sleep later, and waking up later the next day.<\/p>\n This shift towards \u201ceveningness\u201d can clash with teens\u2019 school and work. A chronic lack of sleep, due to these mis-matched sleep schedules, can explain why teens who are night owls are at\u00a0greater risk<\/a>\u00a0for emotional and behavioural problems than ones who are morning larks.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As a kid I was a morning person. \u2014 brigite (@meg3576) October 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nSleep habits shift<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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\nAs a teen I was a night owl.
\nAs an adult, I\u2019m neither.<\/p>\n