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Article: Is Your Daughter Sleep Deprived?
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- Daughters
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- May 1, 2003
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When my daughter was in elementary school, my maternal radar could easily recognize a certain quality in her usually cheerful face that signaled trouble. A puffiness under the eyes, a slackness in the jaw, combined with a whiny, defeated tone in her voice--all of this meant one thing: Chloe was overtired. The solution back then was simple--I would arrange for her to catch upon her sleep, even if it occasionally meant missing school, for I firmly believed that keeping my daughter well rested kept her healthy during the long Michigan winters.
But that was elementary school. Once Chloe entered junior high, those occasional bouts of fatigue became more frequent--monthly, even weekly. Soon every ...