The mom of a 16-year-old night owl asks: How much sleep do teens need in the summer? Should parents wake up their ... Babies: ages 4 months to 12 months should sleep 12 to 16 hours. Toddlers: ages 1 ...

We receive messages about the importance of sleep beginning in childhood. You may remember mandatory naps enforced by adults ...

School-age children between 6 and 13 years old need 9 to 11 hours of sleep per night to support learning, growth, and immune function. Teenagers , from 14 to 17 years old, thrive on 8 to 10 hours ...

How much sleep is enough—and how do we get it? Infants usually sleep between 16 and 18 hours a day, children (grades 1 through 12) usually need about nine-and-a-half hours of sleep a night, ...

Children aged three to five generally need 10 to 13 hours, and six to 12-year-olds need between nine and 12 hours. Teenagers need eight to 10 hours. Adults need seven to nine, and by the time you ...

When you don't get enough sleep, your whole body can feel off. In college, I tried to fit everything into my schedule, including staying up late to study and waking up early to train for a marathon.