http://ineedalighthouse.org I Need a Lighthouse Release RSS feed. . Copyright 2005, I Need a Lighthouse Tendenci Membership Management Software by Schipul - The Web Marketing Company en-us noemail@ineedalighthouse.org Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:21:16 GMT Release http://ineedalighthouse.org/en/rel/42/ This article originally appeared on Seattletimes.com. To see the original article, follow this link http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/living/2009961184_textingteens29.html By Jackie Burrell Contra Costa Times Related Living RSS feed Between their crazy schedules and upside-down circadian rhythms, teens always have been somewhat sleep-deprived. Now technology is making it worse. Teens are not just texting, instant-messaging and surfing Facebook all day; they're sleeping with their cellphones or laptops, too. Or rather, not sleeping. And doctors and parents, many of them raised in an era when phones were attached to walls, are concerned. So many teens are having sleep issues, and parents aren't necessarily regulating the use of the electronic devices enough, says Margie Ryerson, a Walnut Creek, Calif., therapist who specializes in adolescent issues. It's impossible to wind down and relax the body, the mind, the senses and be ready to fall asleep. The texting... http://ineedalighthouse.org/en/rel/42/ noemail@ineedalighthouse.org Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:00:00 GMT