Teens are Losing More Sleep Than Ever
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
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“Like my status if you’re up.” “Double tap if you’re up.”
“#breakingnight.” These are just some of the updates teenagers post late
at night on social media.
“It’s like a constant communication,” one high school senior told Radio Rookie Temitayo Fagbenle in her report.
Young people used to have sleepovers on the weekends and stay up all night talking, but now, it’s like they’re having unlimited sleepovers, seven nights a week in their own bedrooms.
Teenagers should get about nine hours of sleep a night but, according to the National Sleep Foundation, the average teenager sleeps a little over seven hours a night.
This story is part of the WNYC sleep project. Over
April and May, as part of this data news experiment, the fitness
company Jawbone gave us wristbands so teenagers could have a simple way
to log their sleep, and see what happened next. Kiara Acevedo and Emely
Munoz, students at HERO High School in the Bronx, joined us after
listening to Temi's piece to explain more about what's keeping teens
awake.
“It’s like a constant communication,” one high school senior told Radio Rookie Temitayo Fagbenle in her report.
Young people used to have sleepovers on the weekends and stay up all night talking, but now, it’s like they’re having unlimited sleepovers, seven nights a week in their own bedrooms.
Teenagers should get about nine hours of sleep a night but, according to the National Sleep Foundation, the average teenager sleeps a little over seven hours a night.
This story is part of the WNYC sleep project. Over
April and May, as part of this data news experiment, the fitness
company Jawbone gave us wristbands so teenagers could have a simple way
to log their sleep, and see what happened next. Kiara Acevedo and Emely
Munoz, students at HERO High School in the Bronx, joined us after
listening to Temi's piece to explain more about what's keeping teens
awake.Editors:
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Temitayo Fagbenle
Temitayo Fagbenle is an 18-year-old Rookie Reporter of Nigerian descent. She attends high school in Manhattan and will graduate in January 2014. In college Temi plans to major in Chillness with a minor in Social ...
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