Mansfield Senior High School teacher Tony Davis talks to his health class about the topic of sleep in Mansfield, Ohio. — AP
Navigating bedtime with a teenager is, in many homes, a nightly battle with a constant refrain: Get off your phone! Go to bed!
Research shows that today’s teenagers are more sleep-deprived than ever before. Adolescents need between eight and 10 hours of sleep, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But nearly 80% of American teenagers aren’t getting that, and experts say it's affecting important areas like mental health and school attendance.
