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Sleep35SLEEP!Hands up who loves their bed??? It’s the best place on earth!Funnily though, we all seem to avoid getting into bed, but once we get in there, we do everything we can to avoid getting out!We asked our friend, Doctor Sharon O’Donnell, why sleep is so important…Sleep is a really important time for the body and allows it to rest and concentrate on all these other jobs rather than doing all the things it normally does during the day. Teen years are particularly important times of change and most teens need 9-10 hours per night. Unfortunately, due to changes in our body clocks, teens often feel tired later in the evening, but still have to get up really early for school, and then end up tired all day! This leads to the typical up late and sleeping half the day at weekends pattern that teenagers have.“During sleep our bodies reboot- our brain processes all the information we have gathered during the day (including schoolwork!) and our body gets busy repairing muscles, healing wounds, making hormones and growing.”