Taking naps and oversleeping in the mornings can reset one’s biological cycle, creating an irregular sleep cycle, making sleep harder to come by at night (Wolfson, 2003). The best sleep cycles are said to be those that revolve around the natural daylight hours, so the most efficient way to have natural circadian rhythms is to spend as many hours as possible in the sun (King, 2010). This can be a difficult task for teenagers when they are expected to wake up before the sun rises to go to school where they sit indoors all day, only to return home to spend hours doing homework or engage in other social, spiritual, or family activities. With so many responsibilities, the body accumulates stress, which sleep is used to regulate. Lack of sleep creates higher stress levels causing people to “have more trouble paying attention to tasks and solving problems” and is associated with a lowered immune system (King,
Taking naps and oversleeping in the mornings can reset one’s biological cycle, creating an irregular sleep cycle, making sleep harder to come by at night (Wolfson, 2003). The best sleep cycles are said to be those that revolve around the natural daylight hours, so the most efficient way to have natural circadian rhythms is to spend as many hours as possible in the sun (King, 2010). This can be a difficult task for teenagers when they are expected to wake up before the sun rises to go to school where they sit indoors all day, only to return home to spend hours doing homework or engage in other social, spiritual, or family activities. With so many responsibilities, the body accumulates stress, which sleep is used to regulate. Lack of sleep creates higher stress levels causing people to “have more trouble paying attention to tasks and solving problems” and is associated with a lowered immune system (King,