10/07/2026
Your student isn’t lazy. Just caught in a loop:
No sleep → sugar cravings → junk food → energy crash → missed class → stress → worse sleep. 🔁
What most moms miss before their kids start college:
You can’t fix this with a bedtime routine lecture.
Sleep is a SKILL — and it’s one of the first ones to go in college.
Loud dorms, disruptive roommates, all night cram sessions.
3 tiny resets, you can prep them with, that actually work:
① Same wake time every day (yes, weekends. this matters as much as bedtime)
② Phone charges outside the bedroom - firm rule (break the late night scrolling & texting habit)
③ 20 - 30-minute wind-down: shower, stretch, book. No screens
Small, doable, no overhaul required.
Reinforce, repeat repeat repeat.
That’s how habits will stick at 17.
I teach The Dip (sleep, stress, emotions, eating, asking for help…all of it), inside my free College Readiness Masterclass for moms
Every other Thursday.
Comment READY, I’ll send you the details 💤