How Much Sleep Do Teens Need?

We load teens with school work, activities, and social lives, and then wonder why they’re tired. Sleep experts say that adolescents require 8 to 10 hours of sleep each night (9-11 hours for tweens), but most aren’t getting nearly enough. Encourage your teen to make sleep a priority. Many teens are night owls. Adolescents’ biological clocks shift during puberty primarily because the brain’s sleep-timing systems switch on later at night. Until school start times shift back, help your teen sleep as late as possible by getting them to prepare for the day the night before.

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