How Much Sleep Your Teenager Should Be Getting

Is your teenager getting enough sleep? 

Sleep can impact everything from health to attitude to performance. With the proper amount of sleep teens can more easily concentrate and learn.

Unfortunately, most teens don’t get the sleep they need.

Suresh Kotagal, M.D. with the Mayo Clinic's Center for Sleep Medicine says: "To be well-rested and to help them stay healthy, teenagers need about nine to nine-and-a-half hours of sleep each night."

This article published by the Mayo Clinic offers some tips on how to improve sleep patterns - Including sticking to a bedtime, limiting caffeine intake, avoiding electronics at bedtime, and having a consistent wake-up time.

Read the complete article, here.