Late Teen Bedtimes, Bad Teen Grades
OK, so he's a preteen, but my son stayed up till 3 a.m. some nights over the summer. It was great. He quietly played FIFA soccer on his computer and put himself to bed. They were the easiest evenings pretty much of our lives. But a new study has shown just how dangerous that can be. And I don't mean trying to get him to go to bed at 8:30 during the school year (though that was, indeed, a nightmare). The study found that many teens go to bed at 11:30 or later, even on school nights, and that those who do can count on getting lower grades. According to newswise.com, "Late bedtimes during the school year, especially in younger teens, predicted lower cumulative grade point average and more emotional distress by college age." “Going to bed after 11:30 pm, particularly in younger adolescents, predicted worse cumulative grade point average at high school graduation and more emotional distress in the college years and beyond,” newswise.com quotes the study’s...