The Morning Science

What science found today

‹
 

Watch · Psychology and neuroscience

Why exhausted parents don’t sleep

Show the full video description ›

Do the quiz: https://nessyhill.com/parents Get the freebie: https://nessyhill.myflodesk.com/parents Sign up to my email list (for freebies and offers): https://nessyhill.myflodesk.com/youtube *All my new things* The Bedtime Procrastination Masterclass: https://nessyhill.myflodesk.com/masterclass The Sleep Habit Audit (1-on-1 call) : https://nessyhill.myflodesk.com/audit The Sleep Habits Guide: https://nessyhill.myflodesk.com/guide Thanks to @Ruth_Amos for chatting! I love Ruth's content (either on her channel) or @KidsInventStuff The study I mentioned: Shin, S., Lim, M., Lee, Y., Barnett, N., Lucchini, M., Thakur, S., ... & Suh, S. (2026). Why Parents Stay up: Identifying Sleep and Behavioral Predictors of Parental Bedtime Procrastination. Sleep Medicine Research, 17(2), 106-114. https://sleepmedres.org/upload/pdf/smr-2026-03566.pdf 📬 Newsletter: https://nessyhill.myflodesk.com/youtube 📝 Substack: https://nessyhill.substack.com 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nessyhill/ 🌐 Website: https://nessyhill.com ABOUT BrainCraft is hosted by Dr Vanessa Hill, a sleep scientist whose research focuses on sleep habits and bedtime procrastination. All my videos have some kind of sleep or health science for tired humans, and are grounded in peer-reviewed research. CHAPTERS 0:00 The (valid) reason why you're procrastinating 0:48 Who procrastinates their bedtime? 1:42 The new study 2:04 Breaking down the study: What was it? 2:17 What did they find? 3:08 Getting a second opinion 5:00 What predicts bedtime procrastination in parents? 6:31 Sitting down with Ruth Amos (again) 9:21 Is there a solution? 10:35 I made a quiz! Find out your procrastination profile #SleepScience #RevengeBedtimeProcrastination #SleepHabits #Sleep #momlife #Research