Parents often claim all their teenage child ever does is sleep. Whether it’s going to bed late, or sleeping in, many feel their kids should use their free time on activities, not rest. However, a new study is claiming students throughout the country actually need more sleep, including many in North Texas.
The non-profit organization “Children at Risk” recently teamed with Mattress Firm to conduct a study on the amount of sleep students are getting throughout the country. What they found was at least a third of children in the U.S. are not getting enough sleep. “Education is often seen as a pathway out of poverty, and our schools, food banks, shelters, churches and other nonprofits regularly rally to address children’s needs in the classroom. Unfortunately, poor quality sleep has the potential to take away from these admirable efforts,” claimed the report.
While DFW ranked high on the study, with the second-lowest rate of sleep insecurity compared with all other regions, many North Texas students are still not getting enough sleep. According to Dallas Observer more Dallas young people are in the workforce when compared to the rest of the state, which has led to students in areas at high risk of poverty having 27% more sleep insecurity when compared to the whole city. Based on this, sadly it appears your child should be sleeping even more.
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