TEEN SLEEP DEPRIVATION Part 1: The Reality

Teens are notorious for sleeping in late, staying up late and always feeling tired. They seem very different from their younger selves. Younger children hop out of bed near dawn and usually drift off to sleep by 8PM. Parents and researchers have long noticed this change in sleep style and assumed it was due to external factors, such as social activities, homework and TV or computer use. It isn’t only that. In the 1990s scientists found out the shift in sleep patterns has a large . . .

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