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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Maida Lynn Chen

Too much screen time is causing sleep deprivation in teens, tweens

Too many tweens and teens aren’t getting enough sleep because they’re on the cell phones or computers well into the evening. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

With the start of a new school year comes the inevitable battle to get kids back into a healthy bedtime routine. In many cases, this likely means resetting boundaries on screen use, especially late in the evenings. But imposing and enforcing those rules can be easier said than done.

A growing body of research is finding strong links between sleep, mental health and screen time in teens and tweens. Amid an unprecedented mental health crisis in which some 42% of adolescents in the U.S. are suffering from mental health issues, teens are also getting too little sleep.

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