Healthy Sleep Habits - what is wrong with this paragraph?

rach&jay

Adults with fragmented sleep often fight the ill effects of fragmented sleep with extra caffeine.  Alcohol unmasks or uncovers the hidden fatigue and makes them "feel tired".  However, well-rested preteens who are given the same amount of alcohol, during research studies, do not "feel tired:. 

From page 35. 

IDK, I think there is something wrong with doing alcohol studies on preteens and then referencing that study in a sleep help book.  Eh, maybe its just me though.

katie277s

Uh, who would give pre-teens alcohol??? Did I read that right? 

isabella22

LOL, I would love to see how they got that study through the research ethics board!

kevschickee2

well in other countries pre teens are allowed to drink so maybe thats why they added it

RCH151

depends on where the study was done...many other countries have no drinking age.

ccm1203

maybe the research was done in another country.

EliseB0323

Man, I would have loved to be in that study.

Is it an American study?  Other countries don't see underage alcohol use the same way Americans do.

rach&jay

It doesn't refence specifics about the study so no way to know if it is American based or not. 

Its just one of those 'scratch your head' moments, and just seems out of place in this type of book. 

Or maybe that it is so out of place that Weisbluth should have included more details specific to the study.

luckiestwife

Weird, I just went and got my book to check - I've never noticed that paragraph before! ?It's on page 40 in mine (hardcover, 3rd edition) and I looked at all the references he listed in the back of the book to see if I could figure out where he got that from, but it doesn't have a reference that specifically mentions preteens and alcohol, so I'm not sure which one it came from. ?Most of them were American studies though...

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Seems like kind of a random fact to include in this book, since I'm pretty sure most modern parents don't follow the "teaspoon of whiskey for fussiness" prescription that some of our grandparents did :-)?