During puberty, youth undergo a shift in their circadian clocks that makes it harder for them to fall asleep until later in the night. Meanwhile, they can stay awake longer before experiencing an increase in the pressure to sleep
More to the original point, you don’t need a bunch of scientists with lab coats and clipboards to tell you teenagers don’t sleep well on an early schedule, you could just ask one. Not to mention the homework load etc…
Just fucking go to bed earlier lol
https://www.apa.org/topics/children/school-start-times
https://www.washington.edu/news/2018/12/12/high-school-start-times-study/
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/apr/22/teenagers-bed-early-sleep-longer-sharper-brains-study
More to the original point, you don’t need a bunch of scientists with lab coats and clipboards to tell you teenagers don’t sleep well on an early schedule, you could just ask one. Not to mention the homework load etc…
I was one. Most of the time I was awake late because I thought there was more important shit to be done. I definitely could’ve gone to bed earlier.