How much sleep do teenagers need?

[SW FL Dem]

My 14 yr old crashed at 8:30 tonight. He usually gets up at 6 and goes to bed around 9:30 or 10. Lately, it has been a bear to get him up. He is definitely growing, but is it normal for teens to need 10 hours of sleep to be human?

[AwakeAtLast]

1. They need at least ten, and their body clocks are being altered

A growth spurt will put a zinger in their energy, but they will probably make up for it later. A lot of teenagers will want to sleep into the daytime and stay up later at night. This is not a ploy, this is biology! :)

[SoCalDem]

2. Sometimes A LOT..sometimes NONE (it seems like none)

there were times when my boys would sleep til 2 in the afternnon on weekends.....stay up til 2 am...rinse & repeat..

other times they would doze off after dinner and be up-and-at-em at 6 am..

teenagers are weird :)