She also would like parents and teens to reconsider some of the long and late hours kids spend at work. Mahowald says parents need to let their teens sleep in on the weekends to make up for lost sleep. Too often they misinterpret that as laziness. But teens wouldn't be sleeping if they didn't need it, he says. Half of preschoolers also nap during the day.
Studies show that most get far less than that.
Generally eight hours or more. The average adult gets six hours 54 minutes on weeknights and seven hours 34 minutes on weekends.