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This can be a really hard one with the demands of school, sport, social life and work. Getting enough sleep to have energy to get through the day can be a problem.  Teenagers need about 9 hours sleep each night (by adulthood most of us need between 6 and 8 hours a night) - but this is a challenge when trying to enforce a bedtime is a futile exercise and sleeping through to lunchtime is seen as a preferable option.  Unfortunately the sleeping to lunchtime is a holidays and weekend luxury and even then it doesn't always work like that if you have work or sport commitments. 11 ways to improve your sleeping habits Sleep tips for teenagers There are some pretty major consequences to not getting enough sleep: You could be irritable, grumpy, quick tempered, argumentative and generally not nice to be around - this is the one that affects your family the most. You might be unable to perform at your best whether it is at work, school or sport. Lack of sleep limits your abil...

In fact clean clothes are a good idea in general.  Remember you also need to pick up the dirty clothes from your bedroom floor, wash them, dry them, fold them and put them away!  You don't want to be 'sniff testing' clothing from the floor because you missed some of those steps.  For expert advice on doing the laundry click the link below - don't arrive at Mum's with a big bag of dirty washing - not cool! Some expert tips for washing your clothes

No girl will ever want to kiss you unless you brush your teeth.  That means often, not just every now and then - everyday twice a day.  Girls are funny about that sort of stuff!