Parents worry about whether their teenagers are getting enough sleep. Research studies suggest that teenagers are suffering an ?epidemic of sleep deprivation? globally ? one that will have long-term health impacts.
So how much sleep do adolescents really need and how can parents help them achieve it"
The first thing to understand is that teenagers are still growing and their brains are still developing ? so they need more sleep than adults.
They also have different sleep-wake rhythms and release melatonin (a natural hormone to prepare for sleep) later, which means evening sleepiness takes longer to occur and they have a tendency to go to bed later and to sleep later in the morning. Of course, they still have to rise early for school.
Peers also influence teenagers more than they influence younger children. Increased social demands ? in the form of online chat, social networking and web browsing ? combine with greater academic pressures as children enter high school. At this age parents also tend to exert less control over teenagers? bedtimes. Eight to 10 hours, regularly

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