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>School children are sleeping on average 1 hour less than theirs peers did 50 years ago.

And how much of that is due to

- Social media

- Gaming

- SMS/MMS/Marco Polo/etc

... I'm guessing quite a bit. Until I was 12 you were in bed, lights out, no tv by 8pm PERIOD for me and many of my friends. Past that if I wasn't in bed at 10 it was "why aren't you in bed? Turn the computer and TV off and if I pick up the phone you better not be on it!"

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I'm 22 right now--when I was in middle and high school, I didn't have TV, video games, a phone, or a computer. But I still had to get up at 6 to get to school on time. Combined with late nights doing homework, it was miserable. This opinion about gaming and media is such a "kids these days" meme. I was mature enough to be capable of self-regulation but that didn't help the sleep deprivation due to early school start times.

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