This TED Talk Discusses How School Start Times Deprive Teens of Adequate Sleep | WATCH

Teens don’t get enough sleep, and it’s not because of Snapchat, social lives or hormones – it’s because of public policy, says Wendy Troxel.

Drawing from her experience as a sleep researcher, clinician and mother of a teenager, Troxel discusses how early school start times deprive adolescents of sleep during the time of their lives when they need it most.

Watch her TED Talk below: