Media consumed in adolescence can have a major impact on sexual behaviours and expectations.
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The evidence base is mixed and inconsistent.
After my niece died by suicide, I began researching how Chinese immigrant families feel about their children’s mental health and why they often avoid care.
Teenagers often love chocolate bars and hot chips. A paediatric nutritionist explains how we can help them make healthier choices.
Young people don’t all contribute in the same way, and understanding the broader picture is the starting point for adults who want to support them.
In adolescence, reading stimulates cognitive development and critical thinking.
Adolescents’ digital risks are shaped by inequality.
Performance-driven school environments shape young people’s wellbeing.
Battling raging hormones and learning to navigate the worlds they live in, these literary teens reflect real life.
MAP, NOMAP and 764 are among the coded terms that all speak to pedophilia. Here’s how families can stay ahead of the risk.
Big Tech is facing a ‘Big Tobacco’ moment. To regulate social media effectively, we need to understand the teenage brain.
Amid a masculinity crisis driven by status anxiety and socioeconomic shifts, young men and boys are turning to physical transformations to assert dominance and self-mastery.
While 9 till 3 seems normal, this is not necessarily what’s best for high school students as they grow.
Details are still emerging, but we can’t blame screentime for all teenage mental health issues.
While cellphone bans at schools can help students connect more with peers, they can also make students feel less safe and independent.
Tik Tok, Instagram, Youtube… Social Media is driving offline disorders among teenagers, suggests a large-scale report by French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (Anses).
The standard minimum age for work in Australia is 15 - but children can get a job before that. These are the rules.
Angry, sad, worried, anxious. If your teen has ‘big feelings’ after the social media ban, here’s how to support them and keep your relationship intact.
Teenagers may seem clumsy, but some simple exercises can help their development.
The show is a missed opportunity to to sympathetically explore girlhood in the digital age.
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