Dr. Kelly Starrett

For me, the biggest thing would be sleep. I see massive sleep problems in my own community, and I believe a lot of the now teenage diagnoses we're seeing of depression and anxiety and loneliness and mental health challenges that have become very pronounced, and especially our teen generation right now, and it's been widely reported in the news.

I think maybe originally stemmed from a massive amount of sleep deprivation. Or at least exacerbated by it. Or at least exacerbated by it.

I think maybe originally stemmed from a massive amount of sleep deprivation. Or at least exacerbated by it. Or at least exacerbated by it.

I think maybe originally stemmed from a massive amount of sleep deprivation. Or at least exacerbated by it. Or at least exacerbated by it.

Yeah. And so for me, again, I would go back to saying we've got to teach our kids how to sleep. We've got to protect their sleep when they're little. One of my biggest pet peeves is I would talk to parents and they'd have an eight-month-old kid and say, my kid doesn't nap anymore. And I'm like, hmm, hmm. That's not really supported by the science. Eight month old kids need to take naps.

Yeah. And so for me, again, I would go back to saying we've got to teach our kids how to sleep. We've got to protect their sleep when they're little. One of my biggest pet peeves is I would talk to parents and they'd have an eight-month-old kid and say, my kid doesn't nap anymore. And I'm like, hmm, hmm. That's not really supported by the science. Eight month old kids need to take naps.

Yeah. And so for me, again, I would go back to saying we've got to teach our kids how to sleep. We've got to protect their sleep when they're little. One of my biggest pet peeves is I would talk to parents and they'd have an eight-month-old kid and say, my kid doesn't nap anymore. And I'm like, hmm, hmm. That's not really supported by the science. Eight month old kids need to take naps.

It's actually shown they need to actually take two naps.

It's actually shown they need to actually take two naps.

It's actually shown they need to actually take two naps.

It's not them, it's you. You didn't protect their sleep and create space for them to take the two naps a day that all kids at eight months old need to take. We don't even know what the downstream consequences of all this loss of sleep are, but I think we're starting to see at least anecdotally in teenage kids,

It's not them, it's you. You didn't protect their sleep and create space for them to take the two naps a day that all kids at eight months old need to take. We don't even know what the downstream consequences of all this loss of sleep are, but I think we're starting to see at least anecdotally in teenage kids,

It's not them, it's you. You didn't protect their sleep and create space for them to take the two naps a day that all kids at eight months old need to take. We don't even know what the downstream consequences of all this loss of sleep are, but I think we're starting to see at least anecdotally in teenage kids,

You know, thanks to technology and thanks to, you know, not prioritizing sleep and actually, you know, lionizing not sleeping as a culture. So, I mean, I think the impact on not enough sleep is huge in our kids. And I think it's something that, you know, is something we can control in our households. But it is difficult. I mean, you know, we're parents. teenage kids.

You know, thanks to technology and thanks to, you know, not prioritizing sleep and actually, you know, lionizing not sleeping as a culture. So, I mean, I think the impact on not enough sleep is huge in our kids. And I think it's something that, you know, is something we can control in our households. But it is difficult. I mean, you know, we're parents. teenage kids.

You know, thanks to technology and thanks to, you know, not prioritizing sleep and actually, you know, lionizing not sleeping as a culture. So, I mean, I think the impact on not enough sleep is huge in our kids. And I think it's something that, you know, is something we can control in our households. But it is difficult. I mean, you know, we're parents. teenage kids.

And it has to be a constant conversation about when to go to bed, how much to sleep, how much to prioritize that, where to put the phones, how to take the phones out of the room. So it's complicated for sure.

And it has to be a constant conversation about when to go to bed, how much to sleep, how much to prioritize that, where to put the phones, how to take the phones out of the room. So it's complicated for sure.

And it has to be a constant conversation about when to go to bed, how much to sleep, how much to prioritize that, where to put the phones, how to take the phones out of the room. So it's complicated for sure.

But I mean, for me, of all the sort of health interventions, if I could wave a wand and have every kid get enough sleep, I think we'd be having a different conversation when it comes to diabetes, obesity, depression, anxiety, loneliness. I think that it would be very different.