*   Safe, sturdy, no-full furnishings are the rule.
* Choose furniture that has simple, functional pieces that will grow up with the occupant. Broyhill youth collections are specifically scaled for youth rooms, but they’re equally suitable–later–for guests or young adults.
* For young children, a table and chairs for playtime is important. Older children require a study spot for doing homework.
* For older children, consider corner computer desks and storage pieces for housing a television and video games.
* Because children are consummate collectors, make sure they have furniture with plenty of storage space.

Tips: Furniture for a Youth Bedroom

Professor Horne, director of Loughborough University’s Sleep Research Centre is of the rather controversial opinion that sleep-deprivation is a myth. According to his study, how alert a person is in the morning doesn’t depend on his sleep but his genes!

Writing in the New Scientist, he said: “The fact is most adults get enough sleep, and our collective sleep debt, if it exists at all, has not worsened in recent times. “My assertion is that the vast majority of people sleep perfectly adequately. That’s not to say that sleep deprivation doesn’t exist. But in general we’ve never had it so good.”

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Sleep Deprivation a Myth?

According to a new study which got released first at the Australasian Sleep Conference, teens are not getting enough sleep due to watching TV, playing video games and listening to music in bed.

Associate Prof Kurt Lushington, of UniSA School of Psychology, says:

“Sleep is very important for learning and memory, particularly in year 12 when pressure is on to perform. A lot of kids are reporting that they’re tired when they wake up and there are quite a few reporting they’re sleepy during the day.”

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Video Games in Bed Lead to Sleep Deprived Teens

According to  Prof. Yael Letzer, Dr. Tamar Shohat and Prof. Orna Chishinsky of the Jezreel Valley College in Israel, putting a television in a teens room is not a great idea. A study  conducted on 444 middle-school pupils proved that those with personal televisions’ slept less and ate more than those without.

“The average bedtime of those studied was 23:04 p.m., and the average time slept was seven hours and 41 minutes. On weekends, the average bedtime was 1:45 p.m., with the average time slept increasing to nine hours and 45 minutes. Those with personal TVs went to sleep half an hour later but woke up at the same time.”

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Teens with Personal TVs Sleep Less

This Ontario Burnished Brown Twin Over Twin Loft Bunk Bed Set, sure is a mouthful to pronounce for most people. But it’s justified by the amount of features this peculiarly designed bed has. There is space for a computer or just as a study table, a partition where you can keep your junk and alarm clock, drawers and shelves. Oh did I mention? It has beds too!

TWIN LOFT BUNK

Twin Loft Bunk