My recommendations:
• Educate them on their body’s changing needs for sleep.
• Allow them to sleep in on the weekends, but only about 1-2 hours later than normal. Sleeping all day is not going to help them; it will actually make them feel more exhausted.
• Have them go outside and get direct sunlight in the morning; this will help re-set their biological clock, and make it easier to go to bed earlier.
• Stay away from products with melatonin; many of these can have doses that may be too large, and we do not understand how they may affect an adolescent’s growing body and brain.
• Encourage them to get up and get out - daily exercise will also help re-set their biological clock. Sitting in front of the TV or computer will only make matters worse.
My recommendations: • Educate them on their body’s changing needs
for sleep. • Allow them to sleep in on the weekends, but only about
1-2 hours later than normal. Sleeping all day is not going to help
them; it will actually...
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Dr. Michael Breus answered:My recommendations:
