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Horacio De La Iglesia

BIZARRE: School and sleep deprivation is back | Mind Blowing Facts

Teenage boy in the library (Getty Images/Mayur Kakade)

With the school year underway around the U.S., parents and caregivers are once again faced with the age-old struggle of wrangling groggy kids out of bed in the morning. For parents of preteens and teenagers, it can be particularly challenging.

Sometimes this gets chalked up to laziness in teens. But the main reason why a healthy person is unable to naturally wake up without an alarm is that they are not getting the sleep their brain and body need.

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