> If children benefit from sleeping longer, so should adults.
People at different ages require different amounts of sleep in order to be healthy. Adults require less than children [0].
Also, one of the big problems for teenagers (the subject of the article) is that their circadian rhythm is out of phase from adults, shifted later about 2 hours [1]. Early start times don't just reduce sleep, they're also just the wrong time of day. Telling a teen to wake up at 7am is like telling an adult to wake up at 5am.
It probably would be healthier for a lot of adults. They even find that because of set work start times, the average adult in the western edge of a time zone ends up sleeping less than the one in the eastern edge.
People at different ages require different amounts of sleep in order to be healthy. Adults require less than children [0].
Also, one of the big problems for teenagers (the subject of the article) is that their circadian rhythm is out of phase from adults, shifted later about 2 hours [1]. Early start times don't just reduce sleep, they're also just the wrong time of day. Telling a teen to wake up at 7am is like telling an adult to wake up at 5am.
[0]: https://www.cdc.gov/features/sleep/index.html
[1]: https://www.uclahealth.org/sleepcenter/sleep-and-teens