Skip to content
Sleep Junkies
  • Podcast
  • Blog
  • Wellness
  • Sleep Tips
  • Sleep Research
  • Culture & Society

teenagers

036: Sleep and the teenage brain – Dr Valerie Crabtree

Dr Valerie Crabtree Podcast

For a long time, teenagers have been portayed as lazy, prone to mood swings, and generally difficult to get on with. But sleep science dispels these myths as we now … Read more

027: The Start School Later Movement – Dr Terra Ziporyn Snider

Terra Snider Start School Later Podcast Header

>> Prefer to read, download the full episode transcript here For the last few decades, a grass-roots movement across the United States has been raising awareness and campaigning to change … Read more

Interview: Should we be sending kids to school at 5am?

Start School Later - early school bus

Children’s sleeping patterns vary wildly as they progress from babies to adolescence. Newborns need between 14-17 hours sleep each day according to official guidelines. This gradually reduces to around 7-8 … Read more

Fact or myth: do teenagers really need more sleep?

Teenagers sleep myths

As a parent of a teen and tween, it was quite disconcerting when their staying up late and sleeping late started to become the norm in our household. When I … Read more

School day starts too early, teen health experts say

female student sleeping in a university library

A body of research is emerging to lend support to something every teenager is probably aware of – school starts too early! In the United States, this growing consensus is … Read more

Recent Posts

  • EP 055: Dreams: the next frontier for advertising? – Dr Sara C. Mednick
  • EP:054: A unified theory of dreaming? – Robert Stickgold and Antonio Zadra
  • Evidence shows the moon impacts our sleep, but scientists aren’t exactly sure why
  • 053: Sleep supplements: science or snake oil? Part 2 – Jesse Cook
  • 052: Sleep supplements: science or snake oil? Part 1 – Jesse Cook
  • About Us
  • Contact
  • Home
  • Privacy Policy

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn

© SLEEP JUNKIES 2022

  • Podcast
  • Blog
  • Wellness
  • Sleep Tips
  • Sleep Research
  • Culture & Society