Philly.com – Robert Preidt
“School-age children need adequate sleep for peak performance. “Children and teens need significantly more sleep than adults to support their rapid mental and physical development,” said Dr. Clay Stallworth, a pediatrician with Georgia Regents University Health System in Augusta. “A child’s body and brain are busy during slumber preparing for another day of tasks and growth, so it’s essential that children get the proper amount of sleep,” he said in a university news release. School-age children should get 10 to 11 hours of sleep, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.”(more)