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1. T e x t M e s s a g i n g a n d S l e e p
D e p r i v a t i o n i n T e e n s
8 0 %
1 / 3
...ofteenssurveyedina2014study
conductedbytheFamilyCommunityHealth
Journaltextaftergoingtobedand10%
admittedthattheirphoneshadwokenthem
upinthenight.
? W H A T C A N P A R E N T S D O ?
1. Monitoryourchild’sphoneandtextmessages.
2.Setanelectronicscurfew.Agreeatimewithyourchildwhenallelectronic
deviceswillbeswitchedoff.
3.Writeaphoneusageagreementwithyourchildsothateveryoneisclear
ontherulesofowningorusingaphone.Addaclauseaboutwhenthechild
shouldnotbetexting.
s o u r c e : w w w . k i d g u a r d . c o m
...of12-17yearoldsnowhavetheirown
phones,accordingtothePewResearch
Center
Sleepisatimewhenthebodygrowsandthe
brainrests.Stresslevelsarereducedand
immunityisrestored...withRapidEyeMovement
(REM)sleepbeingthemostimportanttimefor
learningandmemoryconsolidation.
i n n u m b e r s . . . . . .
Lackofsleepcancausesevereproblemsthat
canbecomechronicovertime–problemssuch
asobesity,highbloodpressure,ADHDand
behaviorproblemshaveallbeenlinkedtosleep
deprivation.
Fearofmissingsomethingoutis
drivingyoungsterstokeeptheirphones
close.Textingismucheasiertohide
fromparents;manyparentsareunaware
oflate-nighttextinguntiltheystart
monitoringtheirkids’phones.
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I S S U E S
( A N D W H Y P A R E N T S S H O U L D C A R E )