Comments on: Why Kids Can’t Sleep: Growing Up in the Digital Age

By: Morgan Sharp

Morgan Sharp — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 02:12:48 +0000

I ruined the quality and duration of my sleep for years by playing video games for at least two or three hours before bed, with the tv and all gaming consoles IN the bedroom. I simply had no idea that it was affecting my sleep. But then I started wondering why the quality of my sleep was so poor, and why I felt so tired all the time. I also destroyed my lower back due to the position I sat in for so many years while I played those video games. I love digital entertainment, but over the last fifteen to twenty years it has taken a very nasty toll on my health. Luckily, the quality of games these days isn’t nearly what it used to be, so that’s helped me curb my habit. I’m also in physical rehab for my back. Now I spend the last hour before lights out reading books on Kindle–and sometimes they’re yours!

By: Ryan Hurd

Ryan Hurd — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 04:08:48 +0000

excellent advice Oliver, thanks for commenting!

By: Oliver

Oliver — Tue, 29 May 2012 15:37:30 +0000

A stage is reached where parents undermine the rule of law in the home by excessive rule making. I am sure that all that you say is true but trying to get teenagers to obey these rules encourages cheating and they will be sneaking out in the middle of the night to use that phone. It is a good thing to delay getting a cellphone for the kids until they are in grade 7 or 8 and then keeping it simple with a prepaid phone like a Tracfone, but there is a limit to the control that you can impose.

By: Helen

Helen — Wed, 16 May 2012 03:31:57 +0000

Hi Ryan, its all true, i don’t know what it’s like when you have kids because i have epilepsy and i need more than 9 hours sleep and if i don’t get it i will be in a bad mood all day.

By: Ryan Hurd

Ryan Hurd — Wed, 16 May 2012 02:59:47 +0000

hey Peter — great idea — start with junk sleep, and then junk food!

By: Peter Maich

Peter Maich — Wed, 16 May 2012 00:57:24 +0000

all true and when the rules work and they are rested you can work on reducting junk food in their lives as the next mission. Its very hard but well worth it, I dont have TV at home and my kids dont miss it when they are with me, we just do other things and it works great