Ages and Stages Second Half: TV Before Sleep

In the "Psychology Today" article, I learned about why TV before sleep, makes you more likely to stay up longer.  TV is a wonderful thing that can be used correctly but for teens and pre-teens, TV might just have to be taken away.  People who watch TV before bed are less likely to fall asleep early because the light exposure somewhat awakens the children.  Not only does watching TV before bed make the viewer lose sleep, "the insufficient sleep adversely affects cognition and behavior, as well as physical and emotional wellbeing."