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10 Tips That Can Stop Sleep Problems From Resulting In A Fall In School Grades

By: Donald Saunders

It has been believed for a time now that inadequate or low quality sleep in teenagers leads to a drop in performance at school, but it was not until recently that a formal research study confirmed that teenagers with bad sleeping habits do indeed suffer from lower grade point averages.

Below are 10 simple tips to make sure that an otherwise healthy child enjoys the quality of sleep necessary to perform well in school.*� Do not consume any type of drink containing caffeine after about 3 o�clock in the afternoon. This of course applies to tea and coffee, but also includes colas and chocolate drinks.*� Ensure that you get up at the same time in the morning, whether or not it is a school day. Teenagers normally get up late at the weekends and throughout school holidays and, instead of helping to make you feel better, this merely disrupts your pattern of sleep.*� Despite the fact that teenagers will often spend a great deal of time in their bedroom turning it into much more of a 'living' than a 'sleeping' room, avoid the temptation to use the bed for anything other than sleeping. Do not sit in bed, watching TV, reading, playing games, writing or anything else but keep it only for sleeping so that your body learns to associate climbing into bed with going to sleep.*� Do not be tempted to stay up late finishing homework or getting ready for a test. Despite the fact that this could appear to be the answer to a particular problem in the short term, and might keep you out of trouble for handing your homework in late or see you through a test, in the long run your overall performance will drop and any short term benefits will soon disappear.*� Decide upon a regular time to go to bed and do not vary this time by more than a matter of a few minutes from one day to the next.*� Avoid the temptation to take a nap in the afternoon after school. Should you find that you are so tired you cannot keep your eyes open then take a nap but limit it to no more than an hour.*� Avoid eating a heavy meal just before bedtime. You clearly should not go to bed hungry and eating a light snack prior to bedtime is okay, but going to bed on a full stomach will make it difficult to fall asleep and affect the quality of your sleep.*� Avoid strenuous exercise within several hours of bedtime. If you wish to play baseball or engage in other sports or strenuous activities then do these shortly after finishing school and not an hour or two before going to bed.*� Should you find that you cannot fall asleep within say 15 minutes of getting into bed then do not just lie in bed trying to get to sleep, because the harder you try the harder it will become. Instead, get up and do something like reading a book or listening to some relaxing music. As soon as you start to feel tired, get back into bed and you should fall asleep in no time at all.*� When it comes to bedtime see that the bedroom is quiet, dark and cool. Do not shut your bedroom up, turn up the heat and get into bed to watch TV. Instead, lower the heat, open the window a little if you can to allow in some fresh air and have the room as dark as possible.

If you follow these 10 tips you will find that within no time at all the quality of your sleep will improve, you will feel much more awake and active throughout the day and your school grades will improve.

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