with guest California State Senator Anthony J. Portantino

In this timely book, Lisa L. Lewis underscores why sleep is so vital for adolescent well-being and resilience and detailed, actionable tools for bringing about change.           

   —Arianna Huffington, founder and CEO of Thrive Global

Teenagers are overloaded, strapped for time, and often asked to wake far earlier than they should because of school start times. It’s no surprise they’re sleep-deprived as a result with far-reaching consequences. Journalist and local debut author

Lisa L. Lewis has written a guide targeted to parents and educators who want to help their exhausted teens. She also helped spark Bill 328, introduced by California State Senator Anthony Portantino, and signed into law in 2019. It was the first law in the nation requiring healthy start times for schools. The Sleep-Deprived Teen features:  

·The science of why sleep matters and how it changes during the teen years

·An overview of how sleep affects mental health, athletic performance, academic success, and more

·Specific, practical advice for helping teens get more (and better) sleep

·An inside look at California’s new school-start-time law and how it’s expected to address teens’ sleep loss and enhance their health and well-being

Lisa L. Lewis, MS, is a freelance journalist who covers the intersection of parenting, public health, and education. She is a frequent contributor to The Washington Post and has written for The New York Times, The Atlantic, TIME, the Los Angeles Times, Slate, among others. She’s a parent to two teens, who inspire much of what she writes about—everything from concussions and heat stroke to school lockdowns to teenage sleep.

Anthony J. Portantino is a member of the California State Senate representing the 25th district, which encompasses portions of the San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys.