The Huffington Post – Terra Ziporyn Snider, PhD
“For parents of newborns and toddlers, sleep is a constant topic of conversation and concern. By the time those babies turn into teenagers, though, most parents don’t give sleep much thought, except maybe to marvel at how a kid who once bounced out of bed at dawn can now sleep past noon. And yet sleep is just as critical for the still-growing brains and bodies of teenagers as it is in younger children. That’s why in honor of the National Sleep Foundation’s Sleep Awareness Week (March 6-13), the Start School Later team has rounded up some often overlooked facts about teen sleep…”(more)