Teenage sleep patterns: why they're different
Phase-delay, biology, and why early school starts fight your teen's circadian clock.
What we'll cover when it ships.
Phase-delay, biology, and why early school starts fight your teen's circadian clock.
In the meantime, the other pages in Older child sleep (5–17) may be useful — scroll down for related reading, or start the walk-through for a quick picture of where your child is.
Other parts of this cluster.
How much sleep a school-age child needs
The AU Department of Health band, plus what sleep debt actually looks like by Friday.
Bedtime resistance 5–10
Why evenings turn into a negotiation at this age, and the things that tend to work.
Sleep anxiety in children
When the problem isn't the sleep — it's the worry about going to sleep.
Screens and teen sleep
What the melatonin research actually shows — and what it doesn't.
Devices before bed and sleep problems
What the evidence actually shows about phones in the last hour before sleep — and the family rule most AU sleep clinics suggest.
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