Is your high-schooler sleep-deprived? Buckle up for bad news/
MELISSA HEALY LOS ANGELES TIMES Texting behind the wheel. Drunken driving. Skimping on sleep. For teens, these are dangerous bedfellows. 3 New research finds that compared to high-schoolers who typically get nine hours of sleep, those who get less shut-eye are more likely to drink and drive, text while driving, hop in a car driven by a driver who has consumed alcohol, and leave their seat belts unbuckled. But while dangerous behaviors escalated with less sleep, too much sleep also was linked to risk-taking in teens: among those who routinely slept more than 10 hours per night, on average, …
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