Sleep is an important part of our daily life cycle. With the changing lifestyle trends, a good night’s sleep is also becoming a scarce commodity. While it is the most desired aspect of a healthy life, it is also the most ignored area for a number of persons, especially in the fast-growing economic world. Sleep deprivation (the lack of “sufficient” sleep) leads to a number of physical and mental health problems in people of all ages. The requirement of sleep varies from one person to another; similarly sleep deprivation can also be either chronic or acute.

    Increasing competition in the external world, peer pressure, matching up with the parents expectations, etc, are some of the reasons behind sleep deprivation in contemporary teenagers. Children of modern age are groomed with lot of expectations. They also hear about a lot of high paying white-collar jobs. In order to match with these high expectations, teenagers....

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