U.S. Kids Sleep-Deprived

American Voices

April 7, 2004 | ISSUE 40•14

The National Sleep Foundation recently announced that American children are not getting enough sleep. What do you think?

I wake my son up four times a night for pulled-pork sandwiches and Bible study.

Cynthia Lewis
Tax Preparer
This doesn't concern me personally, because I ain't got no damn kids by no woman on the other side of town.

Steve Green
Fruit Picker
It's no surprise. The obese often have trouble sleeping.

Virginia Adams
Nutritionist
Parents, use child psychology to eradicate this problem. Tell your son or daughter, 'If you don't get enough sleep, the monster under your bed will eat you.'

Frank Gonzalez
Painter
You know what else they're not getting? My goddamn Brandy Old Fashioned, that's what. You hear me, Tyler?

Gregory King
Aerospace Engineer
Maybe if they pulled up their damn pants for once, that would, um... Well, it would be a step in the right direction.

Stephen Harrison
Systems Analyst

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