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54 GoodLifeFamilyMag.com MAY JUNE 2016 goodBALANCE ENGAGING KIDS MINDS WITHOUT LOSING YOURS With the academic clock winding down for the school year youre now faced with two to three months of potentially lazy summer days stretching before your tweens teens and home-for-the-summer college kids. This poses several sticky situations for parents Should you let your kids sleep in or wake them up Should you make them be productive or let them just chill out Should you have the same expectations for tweens teens and home-for-the-summer college kids by Lisa A. Beach STRIKE A BALANCE Once you and your kids agree to a reasonable wake time in the summer then what Before your kids start binge- watching movies on Netflix and engaging in text-a-thons with their friends set up some ground rules on the expectations youve got for their free time. Whether you put a limit on screen time or adopt a work-first play-later mentality to ensure they take care of their chores and responsibilities make sure everyones on the same page about how summer will play out. Your kids need to strike a balance between chilling out and staying engaged this summer. But what can you do to help them find this balanceand keep yourself sane in the process LETS START WITH SLEEP According to the National Sleep Foundation teens need to get about 8 to 10 hours of sleep each night to function best. But since theyre probably staying up later on summer nights their normal routines are off-kilter. Even though it might rattle parents to watch summer mornings slip away while teens snooze until noon or later should parents let them sleep in a bit Its best for teens to have a consistent sleep schedule during the summer according to Lisa J. Meltzer Ph.D. CBSM Associate Professor of Pediatrics at National Jewish Health and a National Sleep Foundation Education Scholar. For many teens that will mean staying up late and sleeping in late. However some teens have a summer job or summer school which may prevent them from sleeping in too late. So whats a sleepy teen to do Meltzer advises keeping to a consistent sleep schedule as much as possible. For example if teens need to wake by 800 a.m. on Monday Wednesday and Friday then on the other days they should sleep no later than 900 a.m. Its best for teens to have a consistent sleep schedule during the summer. For many teens that will mean staying up late and sleeping in late. - Dr. Lisa J. Meltzer National Jewish Health