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Re:The state finally letting teens sleep in by JaceLightning on Sunday June 12, 2022 @03:47PM (#31717622)
Of course they will right away.

Then after a year or two it will be the same problem again.

Changing the number on the clock to get more sleep is like taking out a loan to pay down your debt: sure you will be able to pay off your housing and car payment today, but soon that loan you took out will come due.

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Re:The state finally letting teens sleep in by NobodyNada on Sunday June 12, 2022 @04:09PM (#31717827)
> And in Cherry Creek, a Denver-area suburb, high schoolers slept about 45 minutes longer on average, and those improvements endured even two years after the change.
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Re:The state finally letting teens sleep in by lelanthran on Sunday June 12, 2022 @04:19PM (#31717912)
> Of course they will right away.

>

> Then after a year or two it will be the same problem again.

According to the article it lasted for over two years.

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