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Why Do We Need Sleep?

Dream Big on March 12 2026
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Jessi stayed up too late, so she's feeling really tired. Luckily, she isn't too tired to tell you all about what happens when we sleep and why we feel so terrible when we don't get enough sleep! ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowkids ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow SOURCES: http://kidshealth.org/en/kids/sleep.html www.sleepforkids.org https://sleepfoundation.org/excessivesleepiness/content/why-do-we-need-sleep https://sleep.org/

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