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He’s Not a Teenage Monster, He Just Needs More Sleep

By EmpowHER
Created 02/06/2011 - 13:47

As it turns out, Mother Nature is to blame for the night owl tendency in our teens. During adolescence, the teenage brain manufactures melatonin later at night.

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