“Teens, Sleep, and School” by Gisele Glosser very accurately portrays the reasons teenagers tend to lose sleep-- procrastination, social media, and even puberty comes into effect when teens should be sleeping. I can relate to this article very well on a personal level because I know I don’t get as much sleep as I should and the reasons are very accurate according to my nightly schedule. I am one to put off homework until the last minute so I usually end up doing it later at night than I should. Also, social media has been taking over my life and I am involved in more apps than I should be. Although they shouldn’t be able to be very time consuming, I usually can find myself on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, or any other piece of social media I can get devoured in time after time. This is definitely a weakness of mine because once I get sucked in, it is hard for me to back out and let self control take over, so I am up later than I should be. I think the author of this article really knows what teenagers’ weaknesses are, therefore the information is accurate and the solutions to extreme sleep deprivation might be legitimately beneficial. Some of these solutions include going to bed earlier and keeping electronic devices out of bedrooms at night. I think that if teenagers with sleep deprivation problems try these solutions, they won’t have to worry about extreme outcomes such as depression or even suicidal thoughts.
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