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The abundance of digital diversions has only amped up the usual tug-of-war between generations about when the lights go out. What teen wants to drift off when another text is arriving, when X-Box friends are still online, when Facebook is 24/7?

…She will climb out of her bed in the wee hours to see whether her teenage sons are really asleep. If she spies them still awake, playing on the computer or the PlayStation3 in the basement of their College Park home, she will insist: It’s time for bed. It was time hours ago.

“If you find the perfect child who goes to bed early, will you let me know?” she asks.

Pushing teens to get enough rest is an ever-more difficult quest as another school year begins and triggers another round of family debates about cellphones and game consoles, iPods and laptops. What teen wants to drift off when another text is arriving, when X-Box friends are still online, when Facebook is 24/7?

The abundance of digital diversions has only amped up the usual tug-of-war between generations about when the lights go out, and worried parents can lose sleep just trying to keep up. “I’m tired,” Hopkins, 47, says one recent day, having risen to find her sons awake at 1 a.m.

Experts say 80 percent of adolescents don’t get their…

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Teens Are Texting Away Their Sleep

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