Screen time is contributing to chronic sleep deprivation in tweens and teens – a pediatric sleep expert explains how critical sleep is to kids' mental health
- Written by Maida Lynn Chen, Professor of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Washington
When teens can’t sleep, they often scroll online well into the night, which only exacerbates the problem.ljubaphoto/E+ via Getty ImagesWith 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...

