“Do you come from a sleep supportive family or a non sleep supportive family?” That’s the question TikTok creator Dana Joy Seigelstein posed to her followers in a video that’s been viewed more than 6.9 million times.
In the July 26 TikTok, Seigelstein shared that she grew up in a household where sleeping late wasn’t judged.
“If I sleep until noon, I'll text my mom and she'll be like, ‘sounds like you really needed it,’” Seigelstein said. But not everyone could relate. The video’s comment section filled with discourse from viewers who reflected on how the households they grew up in talked about rest.
“I know for a fact that there's families out there that would be like, ‘Get…. up and work. Or if, like, you slept until 10am on a Saturday, if you were at home, it'd be like, a big problem,” Seigelstein continued in the video.
Jess P. Shatkin, professor of child and adolescent psychiatry and pediatrics at NYU, says the conversation resonated for good reason – sleep is one of the most important indicators of health, and sleep habits built in youth can translate into adulthood.
