How Are Your Sleeping Habits? American teenagers are getting far less sleep than needed for them in order to function properly. The health, behavior, and academic performance of teenagers are suffering as a result of their sleep deprivation. According to parents’ reports in the 1999 nationwide survey, “Sleep in America,” sixty percent of children under the age of eighteen complained of being tired during the school day. Fifteen percent of these children also reported falling asleep …showed first 75 words of 695 total…

…showed last 75 words of 695 total…are becoming obvious as increasing numbers of schools change their starting times to a later hour in the morning to accommodate to teenagers needs Works Cited Homeroom; Just Not Enough Hours In The Day. (1999, September 29). Washington Post, 101. Lindsley, Gila. “Sleep Problem Alert for the Parents of Teenagers, Preteens, and the College- aged.” Online Posting. New Technology Publishing, Inc. <http://www.newtechpub.com> The 1999 Omnibus Sleep In America Poll. 1999. <http://www.sleepfoundation.org/publications/1999poll.html