Find out what else they're doing and tell us how you're helping. This fall when the fields and lined, the crowds are out, the band is playing and the teams are taking the field, the iHigh Broadcast Network will be there. According to the March 28 issue of USA Today, teenagers are not receiving the sleep that is so important to their physical and mental health. Studies have shown that teens, on average, are getting about two fewer hours of sleep than they need. Not only does this make them moody and more susceptible to falling asleep in school, but it puts them at risk of falling asleep behind the wheel.
Sleep accounts for about one third of our life and it is necessary to our well being.
People need sleep to refresh tired bodies. Much about sleep is unknown, but people need it to survive. Adolescents need about nine hours and 15 minutes of sleep every night, but in most cases, this is not happening. Teens are pressured into staying up later to study or to maintain a respectable social life. In a recent survey of 276 Faribault High School students, the average number of hours of sleep per student per school night is about seven hours and 30 minutes, far from the recommended number of hours.