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   Dr. D,
You told me that my In Defense Of Sleeping post needed to be more through so I decided to go back and go into more detail on it.

  Teens tend to not get enough sleep each night therefore they are not as awake and alert at school the next day as they should be. The main cause of this is that teens usually dont go to sleep until between 10:30 and 1:30 every night. That adds up to only 5-7 hours of sleep a night and 20-35 hours a week instead of the normal needed 9 hours a night 45 hours a week time.
 
   The main cause of teens going to bed so late is procrastination. Teens usually wait until the last minute to do homework assignments and end up staying up late to finish them. This causes stress and fatigue to the student. Athletics also push back time that the student gets started on homework each night. After homework is finished most teens tend to stay up and listen to music or text friends. Cellphones are one of the main causes of why teens dont get enough sleep because they go to bed so late. Once you hit the pillow to finally get some sleep your brain doesnt have enough time to turn off for rest from the time you go to sleep to the time you wake up, therefore you dont get a solid nights rest.