How can teenagers get enough sleep?

It's back to school time for K-12 students across the country -- when summer fun makes way for spelling bees, algebra and homework. How can parents ensure their kids are both mentally and physically prepared to impress and do their best from day one of the school year? University of Minnesota professor Michael Howell says teens, in particular, tend to biologically sleep in a different pattern than what school allows for: they can't fall asleep until later in the evening and therefore have difficulty waking up as early as 6 AM. Should schools reexamine their start times to account for this?

[soejuno]

20-30 minutes of sunlight in the morning? We get up before the sun comes out...

[mike_james]

I only have 6-7 hours of sleep because I'm stressed and can never get comfy

[iAirsoft]

I say make school shorter, i dont need an hour to learn english. A native language...

[emolgatheskysquirrel]

I can't fall asleep it 4:22 am and I got school tomorrow D': ( I wake up at 6:00 am to get ready )

[emptynogin]

scared the shit out of me when he mentioned kids that swim and are in the orchestra because i do both of those and im extremely sleep deprived

[rocketnettskii]

Awkward moment when you go here because you dont want to sleep then you have school tomorrow. :P

[oogaboogabiggading]

I'm a teen and I have minor insomnia and luckily I don't live too far away from school but im a girl so it's not like I can wake up put on jeans and a t shirt kinda comb my hair with my fingers grab some toast and go so luckily my school starts at 8:45

[skibumwin]

i need to wake up at 6 each morning and my brother is super loud until like 11:30 i workout usually twice a day any ideas?

[sherryitaou]

I can't even sleep when I want to ...I try forcing myself to sleep but it seems that it escapes me...gaaah

[jakniphone]

for once this guy is kinda right, but i have insomnia so i may go to bed earlier but it doesn't mean i'll sleep. It's 22:32 at the moment on a sat, i don't catch up on sleep and i'm just getting into waking up for school again with my parents away and having to walk for 1 and 20 mins each day to feed my horses. I wish i could just fucking sleep

[kittycatmc]

what? r u kidding me? thats so unhealthy, how can u stand that? that must be really stressfull 4 u.

[grunder]

the can sleep by studying and partying less.

[kittycatmc]

no its not, all teens need 12 hrs of sleep. i get 10 hrs of sleep on school days and i always wake up feeling tired. with lack of sleep its easy for a person to get stressed during the day.

[christaluongo]

Kids are just going to have to deal with it then.