Everyday Health – Eric Cohen, MD
“Starting around age 9, but especially by age 12, a child’s brain starts to make this shift. Many of the connections sparked in childhood are reduced to make room for selective, grown-up thinking….That is the process your child’s brain goes through from about age 12 until they are around 16 or 17. All of this occurs during sleep. Clearly, this is a time in life when getting proper sleep is crucial.”(more)