Written on 19-01-2018

According to most researchers, adolescents need about 9 hours of sleep a night to function optimally—to be physically, mentally and cognitively healthy. Tell this to nine out of ten teenagers (or their parents) nowadays and they will laugh! What teenager has time to sleep for 9 hours a night during the school year??

The problem is that lack of sleep makes teenagers more vulnerable to moodiness, risky behaviour and poor judgment.

Here are a few tips about what parents can do to to help teenagers develop better sleep habits  –

大多數的研究發現，青少年每晚需要約九小時的睡眠，才能在生理、心理和認知上作出最佳的表現，達至全方位的身心健康。今時今日這樣告訴青年人又或者他們的父母，十居其九衹會讓他們置之一笑，哪裏有青少年可以在求學階段每晚睡足九小時？

問題在於，當青少年缺乏睡眠時，容易變得情緒起伏，做出冒險行為及錯誤判斷。

以下有幾個提示，可讓父母幫助青少年子女養成更好的睡眠習慣