tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15193762.post7496265333344791398..comments2023-07-20T03:10:07.458-05:00Comments on Bluebird's Classroom: Night OwlsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15193762.post-49689385866271395802010-03-01T07:40:34.747-06:002010-03-01T07:40:34.747-06:00I have always found that The Sleepy Kids' pere...I have always found that The Sleepy Kids' perents are disinterested and disengaged, leaving them alone to stay up as long as they want watching who-knows-what on tv and playing on the computer. A simplistic, generic reason but probably not too far from the truth. Unfortunately.Margaret Englishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11910776236752629334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15193762.post-49601973340032210142010-02-27T17:21:09.645-06:002010-02-27T17:21:09.645-06:00Back when my daughter Jumper Girl entered her teen...Back when my daughter Jumper Girl entered her teens, she became a bit surly and snarky. Then one day we went to a sleep-away competition, staying in a rather down-scale motel. The first two days, she didn’t have to appear at the competition site until after noon, so I decided to let her sleep until she awoke naturally.<br /><br />The room she was sleeping in had blackout curtains, no alarm clock with a lighted face, and faced north. She’s also forgotten to bring her cell-phone charger so it was hors de combat as well.<br /><br />The first night she slept 13 hours and awoke her old, bubbly positive self. The second night she slept 14 hours and again, the daughter v.1.0 appeared!<br /><br />Now, I had taken William Dement’s sleep course in college and had read follow-up interviews, so I was primed for the face-palm.<br /><br />It wasn’t adolescence that was making my girl grumpy, it was sleep deprivation! She had several sources of light in her bedroom (a brightly-lit alarm clock, the various electronics, plus of course her cell phone). And as it turned out, she was getting text messages on her phone throughout the night.<br /><br />So when we returned home, I put black-out shades on her windows (which faced south-east), put all the electronics on a kill-switch, and made a rule she had to hand me her cell-phone at bed-time. I put some red film over her way-bright alarm clock face. It was still legible but only emitted about 30% of the light.<br /><br />I also made a deal with her that we’d try out a 9-hour sleep schedule for a week to see if her mood etc. improved. It cut into her homework time but I emailed each of her teachers to tell them about our experiment.<br /><br />Her science teacher was so intrigued by this that she worked a similar experiment into the curriculum, and later started teaching sleep hygiene as a regular part of the strand on the 8th grade human biology in the science curriculum.<br /><br />Here’s a great article by Dement for Stanford undergraduates<br /><br /><a href="http://www.stanford.edu/~dement/sleepless.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.stanford.edu/~dement/sleepless.html</a>Liz Ditzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03455722013211350247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15193762.post-44872935389561810452010-02-24T20:15:20.436-06:002010-02-24T20:15:20.436-06:00The parents are overwhelmed because they are too y...The parents are overwhelmed because they are too young, too overworked, and tired of arguing. When the kids get to high school, the parents heave a sigh of relief that they don't have to be responsible any more. I've heard this from parents. They expect their kids to manage on their own.http://dkzody.wordpress.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13685733471410144224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15193762.post-27700381645494583002010-02-24T08:52:33.664-06:002010-02-24T08:52:33.664-06:00I don't get it! And I have a nephew in middle...I don't get it! And I have a nephew in middle school who stays up to all hours of the night playing his xbox. He's even skipped school because he's too tired to get up in the morning. His mom is a nurse and goes to bed. My husband and I don't understand why she won't take the game to bed too. It makes no sense. I've quit buying him anything for the xbox for his birthday or Christmas. Not that it will help, but I'm making a stand!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08155578810281550285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15193762.post-34102765592693479212010-02-24T08:23:42.973-06:002010-02-24T08:23:42.973-06:00As a parent and teacher, none of this surprises me...As a parent and teacher, none of this surprises me. My child often stays up until 2 or 3 when he is visiting his dad. Then he comes home to my reality and has to adjust. I take his phone at night so that he doesn't text. One night he was on his xBox past bedtime and made the mistake of saying he would get off when he was done with his game. I simply walked to the modem and unplugged it. We as parents have the power if we are willing to use it.Peach Podhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12319765116240485041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15193762.post-49453595441946863662010-02-24T06:35:56.474-06:002010-02-24T06:35:56.474-06:00Your post (sadly) doesn't surprise me.
Ever w...Your post (sadly) doesn't surprise me.<br /><br />Ever watch Supernanny? Turns out there are a lot of preschoolers with TVs in their room, and guess what - they have sleep problems. I know, shocking!<br /><br />When did parents give up parenting?<br /><br />I know a twelve-year-old who is up well past midnight posting on Facebook.<br /><br />When I was a fifth-grade assistant, students would talk about "South Park" (inappropriate for their age) and watching TV until well after midnight. <br /><br />Let's add sleep deprivation to the list of what teachers are up against.Theresa Milsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03477761307315565259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15193762.post-50868636936026822282010-02-24T06:20:31.146-06:002010-02-24T06:20:31.146-06:00I've thought similar things w/ my high schoole...I've thought similar things w/ my high schoolers. I'm getting tired of saying "Where are the parents?" It's become my teaching mantra.R2P2https://www.blogger.com/profile/00736765844197785820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15193762.post-59921769022764254652010-02-23T23:07:11.226-06:002010-02-23T23:07:11.226-06:00I get it in HS as well. My daughter does not take ...I get it in HS as well. My daughter does not take her phone to bed. She knows better.The Vegas Art Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09800692010017718392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15193762.post-24856435959093365742010-02-23T20:29:56.994-06:002010-02-23T20:29:56.994-06:00No, you should beat their (the parents') heads...No, you should beat their (the parents') heads against a wall, NOT yours! ;-)<br /><br />I get the same thing with my babies. They're FIVE, for Pete's sake!! How do they NOT have a bedtime?!ChiTown Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09240876368610100419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15193762.post-73247510041251589762010-02-23T20:13:12.765-06:002010-02-23T20:13:12.765-06:00the parents are blissfully unaware of their cherub...the parents are blissfully unaware of their cherubs doings at night.<br /><br />they're too busy doing partying of their own. after all.. they;re only in their mid 20's cuz after all they had cherub at 13.The Bus Driverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04259280794473075615noreply@blogger.com