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Younger people, particularly those under the ages of 16-20, have substantially higher sleep requirements than older adults. More specifically, they have a higher requirement of vital sleep stages (SWS and REM), which in general cannot be cut.  

Younger people, particularly those under the ages of 16-20, have substantially higher sleep requirements than older adults. More specifically, they have a higher requirement of vital sleep stages (SWS and REM), which in general cannot be cut.  

Moreover, light sleep, particularly the sleep spindles prominent in NREM2, has been suggested to play a role in brain development.<ref>{{Cite journal|vauthors=Chatburn A, Coussens S, Lushington K, Kennedy D, Baumert M, Kohler M|date=February 2013|title=Sleep Spindle Activity and Cognitive Performance in Healthy Children|url=https://academic.oup.com/sleep/article/36/2/237/2596021|journal=Sleep|volume=36|issue=2|pages=237-243|doi=10.5665/sleep.2380|pmc=3543056|pmid=3543056|doi-access=free}}</ref> Cutting light sleep via polyphasic adaptation could do harm this process and impair cognitive development.

Moreover, light sleep, particularly the sleep spindles prominent in NREM2, has been suggested to play a role in brain development.<ref name="pmid3543056" /> Cutting light sleep via polyphasic adaptation could do harm this process and impair cognitive development.

== Recommendations ==

== Recommendations ==

=== Uncooperative parents ===

=== Uncooperative parents ===

Sleep patterns, other than [[monophasic]] or simple [[biphasic]] ones, which closely resemble mono, are rarely ever naturally used nowadays. There are very few researches on complex polyphasic schedules, most of which weren't long term and are not popular either, so it's often stated by mainstream science that uninterrupted long sleep at night, probably supplied with a short daytime nap, is the most healthy schedule<ref>{{Cite book|last=Walker|first=Matthew|title=Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams|year=1989|isbn=9780141983769}}</ref>. In fact, monophasic sleep became popular quite recently, and [[non-reducing]] sleep [[Segmented|segmentation]] was widespread in pre-industrial era<ref>{{Cite journal|first=A R|last=Ekirch|date=2001|title=Sleep We Have Lost: Pre-industrial Slumber in the British Isles|journal=American Historical Review|volume=106|issue=2|pages=343-386|doi=10.2307/2651611|jstor=2651611|pmid=18680884}}</ref> when electricity and artificial illumination weren't introduced yet. Several modern studies confirmed human's natural inclination to sleep segmentation in shorter photoperiods<ref>{{Cite journal|first=T. A.|last=Wehr|date=June 1992|title=In short photoperiods, human sleep is biphasic|journal=Journal of Sleep Research|volume=1|issue=2|pages=103–107|doi=10.1111/j.1365-2869.1992.tb00019.x|pmid=10607034}}</ref><ref>Hegarty, Stephanie (22 February 2012). ''[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16964783 The myth of the eight-hour sleep]''. ''BBC News''.</ref>. Therefore, splitting sleep without reduction is a safe for health sleep pattern and should fit underage, as light sleep isn't reduced. Nonetheless, parents often interrupt all the attempts which include staying awake during the night hours due to ignorance.

Sleep patterns, other than [[monophasic]] or simple [[biphasic]] ones, which closely resemble mono, are rarely ever naturally used nowadays. There are very few researches on complex polyphasic schedules, most of which weren't long term and are not popular either, so it's often stated by mainstream science that uninterrupted long sleep at night, probably supplied with a short daytime nap, is the most healthy schedule<ref name="Walker1989" />. In fact, monophasic sleep became popular quite recently, and [[non-reducing]] sleep [[Segmented|segmentation]] was widespread in pre-industrial era<ref name="pmid18680884" /> when electricity and artificial illumination weren't introduced yet. Several modern studies confirmed human's natural inclination to sleep segmentation in shorter photoperiods<ref name="pmid10607034" /><ref name="bbc2012" />. Therefore, splitting sleep without reduction is a safe for health sleep pattern and should fit underage, as light sleep isn't reduced. Nonetheless, parents often interrupt all the attempts which include staying awake during the night hours due to ignorance.

==== Persuasion strategies ====

==== Persuasion strategies ====

== References ==

== References ==

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<ref name="bbc2012">{{cite news |first=Stephanie |last=Hegarty |title=The myth of the eight-hour sleep |work=[[BBC News]] |date=22 February 2012 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16964783}}</ref>

[[Category: Lifestyle]]

[[Category: Lifestyle]]

{{TNT|Polyphasic Lifestyle}}

{{TNT|Polyphasic Lifestyle}}