This short information leaflet will provide you with important information to help you to understand more about your child’s sleep patterns and ways to support them to get a better night’s sleep. Teenagers go through biological changes meaning they are more likely to release the sleep hormone melatonin later at night-time. It is this hormone that makes us feel drowsy. During adolescence this is not released until later which means young people can find it hard to nod off. It also means that they can find it hard to wake up the next morning for school or college!