Dr. Michael Grandner
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Why are you going to bed now?
And when they have to wake up at 7, they're like, oh my gosh, it's 4 in the morning.
Why are you trying to wake up?
So yes, they are shifted.
And it changes with age.
So yes, you can use light behavior and melatonin to physically shift that.
You can do that.
But they are more naturally inclined to stay up late.
I mean, high school should not start before 9 a.m.
Totally.
Colleges shouldn't start before 9 a.m.
It's developmentally inappropriate.
Yeah.
It's logistics.
It's not about what's better for learning or it's not about what's better for the student.
I mean, and all of the data that shows that when you delay school start times, and California led the way on this.
California took the step and at least pushed it to 830.
Right.
No, I don't think any other States followed yet.
And there's tons of data on this.