There are several ways thanks to which your teen can control or stop snoring. But each of them depends on what is causing the snoring. On the one hand snoring may be a symptom of a very simple and non-serious problem. From the other hand, it may be a symptom of something very serious that requires medical or surgical treatment. That’s why in order to choose the most proper cure, you have to determine the real cause of your child’s snoring.

Because of this, you have to visit your family doctor. He or she will examine your teenager and make sure the cause of your child’s snoring is not serious. Such medical examination may be made by a school nurse.   

By the time a person becomes a teenager, the tonsils and adenoids have become smaller and consequently are less likely to cause noisy breathing from partial obstruction of the nose and throat.

Young people usually breathe quietly and without difficulty during the day. If your teen can breathe quietly, without any difficulties, and through his or her nose during the day, your child probably do not have a serious problem. If you begin to notice that during sleeping your teenager make some disturbing noise or pauses in breathing, it doesn’t necessarily mean that your teen has some sleep problems.

Reduce your teen’s snoring:

- Ask her or him to sleep on their side. The pillow should be firm and elevates their head slightly.

- Make sure that their bedroom has the proper humidity. Otherwise you may add a humidifier to the furnace or put a cold water vaporizer in your teen’s bedroom. 

- You have to control any allergies that your tanager may have.

- You have to bring your child to the doctor to make sure your son or daughter doesn’t have a sinus or tonsil infection or any other serious problem.

- If your teen is obese, ask your family doctor to help him or her control their weight using a well balanced diet.

- Do not allow your teenager to consume alcohol or other drugs that affect his or her sleep and breathing. 
Some teenagers may be helped by a band-aid product that is placed over the bridge of the nose to help open the nasal passages. So parents might consider trying it.