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Napping in class may be common, but it's also a sign that kids need more sleep.
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
The Harvard School of Public Health
On the Run
Allison Aubrey
Celeste Higgins
Miami
Rory
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Well, you know, getting enough sleep is as important to your health as eating well and exercising. But when our lives get too busy, shut-eye is often the thing we sacrifice first. As part of our poll with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Harvard School of Public Health, we asked families whether they think their kids are getting enough sleep.
As part of our On the Run series, NPR's Allison Aubrey reports.
Our poll finds that most families set a bedtime for kids. And most parents say that their children are well-rested. But by the time kids hit the teenage years, studies show that things start to crumble.
Mom Celeste Higgins knows the struggle. When we reached her at 10:30 on Monday night at her home in Miami, her teenage son Rory was just finishing his dinner.
It's 10:30, come on. Finish up.
He had rowing practice tonight, and he's still got school projects to work on. Rory says it's usually about midnight before he climbs into bed.
I normally do homework to about 11 or 11:30.
And he reserves a little time for socializing.
Mostly they do like Facebook and texting, while I'm doing homework.
Which pushes bedtime back a smidge, too. So how many hours of sleep is Rory getting each night.
Probably about seven hours.
Or less, his mom says he averages six, maybe six and a half hours. And does this feel like enough?
No, I don't really think it's, I don't think it's enough but that's what I normally run on and I've gotten used to it. | 
发表于 2016-8-2 11:42:57