Everyone can agree getting a good night's sleep is important, but few people are actually getting the rest that's needed in order to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
It's no secret that numerous studies show it's hard for teenagers to wake up early in the morning, and many of them do better academically when they get more sleep.
Quinn Cooney of Mill Creek, Wash., is excited about starting high school in September, but she's not looking forward to waking up at 5:30 a.m. to arrive on time. Classes for ninth-graders start at 7:30 a.m., 45 minutes earlier than they did in middle school.
A 20-minute nap twice a week is the standard at Nationwide Planning Associates Inc. in Paramus, where an old storage closet has been transformed into the office's "rejuvenation center."