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Article: Do you need more zzzs? Many teens today are not getting enough sleep, and the consequences can be serious. (psychology).
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- Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication
- Article date:
- February 1, 2003
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In between school, a job, sports, and hanging out with friends, 18-year-old Will gets about five hours of sleep a night. "It works for me," he says. "Some people need less sleep than others. If I'm tired, I sleep more to catch up."
Katie, 16, also sleeps only about five hours a night. But Katie admits she's always tired and frequently irritable. She has `no intention, however, of cutting back her frantic schedule--which includes school, a part-time job, cheerleading, dance classes, and playing on her school volleyball team.
Like many teens, Katie and Will don't think that depriving themselves of sleep is a big deal. But experts say teens need about nine ...