How Much Sleep Do Teens Really Need?
January 9, 2020
Some people have heard of studies that prove that if school was later, students would do better academically. Research proves teens need roughly 9¼ hours of sleep each night. Although, the average teenager only gets 7½ hours of sleep per night. Teens grow when they sleep, so they need lots of sleep for their body to grow properly. The more sleep they get, the healthier their body and mind will be. According to ,caringforkids.cps.ca, sleep helps to fuel the mind and body.
There are many reasons why teens’ sleep schedules are being shifted or messed with.
One reason teens don’t get enough sleep is the fact that they ingest so much caffeine everyday. Many students drink energy drinks such as Monsters, Bangs, and Red Bulls. Teens should only obtain 100 milligrams of caffeine each day, but many teens’ parents are either unaware that their teen drinks so much caffeine, or they are unaware that it can and probably will cause many health problems in their child’s future, such as heart issues. Some parents are unaware that they are putting their teen in danger by allowing them to drink so much caffeine. More and more teens are drinking coffee. This is doing the same damage, but it does contain lesser amounts of caffeine. Researchers at Harvard Medical School report that caffeine does prevent sleep.
Another reason why teens don’t get enough sleep is that teens are on their phone a lot around the time 
they go to bed, which can cause sleep deprivation. Research shows that being on your phone around bedtime can cause you to have trouble sleeping. Another study shows that if you are on electronics in your bed your brain doesn’t process that you must go to bed, it is used to being on electronics, so it will be difficult to go to sleep.
Some issues that teens have at home or in school, can cause sleep deprivation because they stay up all night worrying 
about it. They should avoid this issue by talking to their parents or possibly even a therapist if it is too uncontrollable.
Do you agree with this? How much sleep do you get on average? Does it affect your day?
Valerie Kirby is an 8th grader at MCJH and is the editor for the school newspaper, Tiger Talk. She plays soccer for the middle school team, and she plays...
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facts!
This is so true this happened one day and i did not go to sleep that day because of Stress
I agree with this a lot this has happened to me a lot.
TRUE TRUE. I drink a lot of stuff with caffeine
I am on my phone until 10 and I only get 8 hours of sleep a day so this is making me think to go to sleep early thanks.
I agree with your facts. The monstor thing it kind of trigers me that monstor is unheathy ,that means i have to quit drinking it.
TRUE TRUE i drink a monster 1 drink a year more like a sip so i am sorry i am unheathy
When i go to bed i watch my ipad till i go to sleep. Ive done this for so long that it makes me sleepy
true but i drink a energy drink every now and then and i get 9 hours of sleep.
I sleep about 9 hours every day and also I don’t drink a lot of caffeine.
Well i drank at avarage 2 monsters and 2 bangs on the way to school. IDK what you think and i get 3 hours of sleep 🙂
SO TRUE
i dont agree
When i go to bed i watch peppa pig not my phone but this is a good story
I don’t have a phone or drink caffeine so i get a lot of sleep.
this is FACTS!! bro
These facts are true because when I play on my phone late at night I do stay up very late because I can’t go to sleep.
This is so true thank you so much for this because I stay on my phone till like 11 and i have to wake up at 6 I don’t get much sleep. Thank You!
In my opinion this is so true, because im usually on my phone because i cant go to sleep or im on it because i get bored. The thinking part of this, where you cant go to sleep because you are thinking about what all happened that day.
So true my molm drinks alot of energy drinks and she is going to have to have heart surgery janurary 24 and i tried to warn her but she does not listen now she will cause she is having open heart surgery. SO GOOD JOB ON THIS ARTICLE.
TRUE!!!!! I think teens should go to sleep early.FOR SURE
thanks for those FACTS
i agree with this article because i have drank monsters before and i couldn’t sleep that night after it wore off my brain just crashed and i was so tired from it i try not to drink monsters or other energy drinks as much as i can but i had trouble before sleeping i usually don’t fall asleep until around 1:00am in the morning. I am always stressed if i don’t get my homework done in time and can’t fall asleep.
true true
i liked this artical nice Facts
FACTS!! TRUE!! GO TO BED!!
True i do not go to bed until like 1 or 2 AM so i need to go to bed early and i also need to stop drinking energy drinks because it can cause a lot of problems.
This is true I will stay on my phone in my bed and never go to sleep.
this has helped me A LOT I only get three to six hours of sleep! mostly because I have issues to where i have to do something entertaining for a bit before going to sleep…or else i can´t
I sleep for 5 hours a day and i can agree that if you don’t get enough sleep you will fall asleep in class and more
I rarely drink energy drinks the times that i do are when i’m at work really late or early and im not allowed to have my electronic at my bed.
no phoneś at bedtime KIDS!!!!!!
I got 6 hours of sleep because I was playing video games on Nintendo Switch.
people should not drink monster. you are right
true so true
that is so true
This is so true I’m supposed to go to bed at 10,but i stay up till 12 or later and I have to wake up at 5. There are some days I get enough sleep but I stay up most nights and barely get any sleep at all.
we really need more sleep
speaking facts
i only gets 1 hour so yeah
This is really true . I do this almost every night, but I guess I’m getting better
This happend to me one summer and i never slep at all i stayed on my phone and my computer so its true.
Yes this is very true to some people like my cousin in 5th grade. All he does is is play Fortnite and eat all day every day. And it really bothers me really bad. And the way he talks to my aunt really makes me mad. So, yuh, this thing speaks facks.
This happend to me one summer and i never slepat all i stayed on my phone and my computer so its true.
Facts not facks XD
OoF I feel AshAmed now…
i like monster energy is that bad
i drink a kickstart a day
Oof, I usually watch TV until I’m a little tired and then I can’t sleep for hours because I keep thinking of things I could of done better or maybe I shouldn’t of done or said at all. This happens almost every night though I somehow manage not to fall asleep in class. Is that bad?
This is so true this happened one day and i did not go to sleep that day because of Stressess me out a lot.