Sleep
I have been thinking about sleep quite a bit lately. My oldest daughter has two very young children, and she and her husband are in that stage of life where sleep seems to be a luxury. Sleep, however, is a necessity. It is vital for learning and for other aspects of a healthy life.
Last summer, ScienceDaily published some articles which I will link here:
Better Sleep Is Associated with Improved Academic Success
Extended or Shortened Sleep Duration Linked to Weight Gain
PBS has an excellent series on The Secret Life of the Brain, and Episode 3 has information about teens and sleep.
How much sleep is enough? According to WebMD, it varies according to age, but I would hazard a guess and say that many of us are not getting close to what we need.
Posted on March 17th, 2010 at 10:21 pm under the category Thoughts. Go ahead, leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
