Minor Issues: Which teen can sleep at 10pm in Singapore?

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Some sleep studies recommend eight to 10 hours of sleep every night for a teenager.

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Wong Sher Maine

SINGAPORE - Exam season is coming. As always, I exhort my children to sleep more so their brains can function, but as always, I sleep the most in the household.
I sleep at midnight, I get six hours of sleep. The boy, 18, gets about the same amount. The girls, 14 and 16, get by on about 5 hours of sleep per night. Afternoon naps are occasional - I do not know how they manage.
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