Leading on from the idea of materialism, Rumbelow enforces her already well-fought argument with the use of statistics, saying they have shown that "by 2004, 80 per cent of the under-12s had a TV in their room"," along with a recent finding in scientific research, claiming "exposure to bright light during the night influences hormone balances in ways that can affect the appetite"" and "scientists have linked low levels of the sleep hormone melatonin with the early onset of puberty", not to mention the effect a lack of a good nights sleep could have on a teenager's mental wellbeing." ...

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When I was in high school, one of my close friends told me that when she gets to college, no matter how much she is pressured to party on a school night or even on the weekends when she has test(s) the following week, she would not go but I know she was lying because she is a victim of peer pressure and now, she is partying at late hours and she is no longer studying, no matter how much I plead with her not to do it. ...

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The average high school student needs ten to twelve hours of sleep, and the same average student is given, on average, two to three hours of homework a night; factor in trying to live a separate life fro...

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