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Why school should start later for teens | Wendy Troxel

May 18, 2017 · 10 min · 6.6 MB
0:00-10:49

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Teens don't get enough sleep, and it's not because of Snapchat, social lives or hormones -- it's because of public policy, says Wendy Troxel. Drawing from her experience as a sleep researcher, clinician and mother of a teenager, Troxel discusses how early school start times deprive adolescents of sleep during the time of their lives when they need it most.



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