Why do kids wake up earlier and with more energy than adults?

Question

My son is a ball of energy and I hardly function for the first 30 min of waking up. Why?

In: Biology

Answer 1

When I was a kid, my bed time was at 8 PM. Assuming a normal human sleep cycle of 8 hours, that would mean a 4 AM wake up time. Let’s say my 10 year old self decided to let you sleep in until 6 AM before knocking on your door wondering where my bowl of cereal was, now that’s a 10 hour sleep cycle. You can’t put a kid down for bed early and expect them to sleep 12 hours just because it’s Saturday morning.