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10 Tips Which Can Stop Sleep Problems From Causing Falling School Grades

Despite the fact that it has been thought for some time that poor sleeping habits contribute to difficulties at school for teenagers, it was not until quite recently that this has been confirmed. Solving this problem is however a fairly simple matter and this article provides 10 sleep tips to assist in improving teenage school grades.

Author: Donald Saunders

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It has been believed for some time now that too little or poor quality sleep in teens leads to a drop in performance at school, but it was not until recently that a study confirmed that teens with poor sleeping habits do in fact have lower grade point averages.

Here are 10 tips to make sure that a healthy child can enjoy the quality of sleep necessary to do well in school.

• When you find that you are unable to get to sleep within approximately 15 minutes of climbing into bed then do not merely lie in bed trying to get to sleep, because the more 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 will be asleep in next to no time.

• Avoid the temptation to take a nap after school. Should you find that you are so tired you are unable to keep your eyes open then go ahead and take a nap but for no more than an hour.

• Avoid strenuous exercise within several hours of bedtime. If you want to play football or engage in other sporting or strenuous activities then make sure that you do these shortly after school and not an two or three hours before going to bed.

• Although teenagers will often spend a great deal of time in their bedroom and turn it into 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, writing, playing games or anything else but keep it solely for sleeping so that your body learns to associate climbing into bed with going to sleep.

• Steer clear of any type of drink containing caffeine after 3 o’clock in the afternoon. This of course means tea and coffee, but also includes chocolate drinks and colas.

• Decide upon a regular time for going to bed and do not vary this by more than a few minutes from day to day.

• Do not have a heavy meal just before bedtime. You obviously should not go to bed feeling hungry and taking a light snack before bedtime is fine, but climbing into bed on a full stomach will make it difficult for you to get to sleep and affect the quality of your sleep.

• When it comes to bedtime ensure that the bedroom is quiet, dark and cool. Do not close the room up, turn up the heat and get into bed to watch TV. Rather, lower the heat, open the window a bit if you can to let in some fresh air and have the room as dark as you can get it.

• Avoid the temptation to stay up late finishing your homework or studying for a test. Although this might seem like the answer to a specific problem in the short term, and might well keep you out of trouble for handing in your homework late or get you through a test, in the long term your performance will suffer and any shorter term benefits will soon be lost.

• Make sure that you get up at the same time each morning, whether or not it is a school day. Teenagers often get up late at the weekends and throughout school holidays and, rather than helping to make you feel better, this merely disrupts your sleep pattern.

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

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