Ask the Doctor: Teens and sleep

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moreteens need an average of more than nine hours of sleep each night

Many teens stay up late. They often get only six or seven hours of sleep per night, since they have to get up early to be at school on time. To get enough sleep, a teen that needs to get up before 6 a.m. would have to go to bed by 9 p.m. Obviously, most adolescents do not go to bed this early.

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