With school shootings in 2021 at the highest they’ve ever been, experts on the topic offer advice about what to do about it.
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Disturbing online posts and written messages were purportedly left by Ethan Crumbley in the days running up to deadly school shooting.
A 15-year-old sophomore killed four students in a Michigan school attack. The gun he used was purchased by his father just four days earlier.
We explored experiences of cyberbullying among young people in the UK. This is what we found.
One in ten secondary school students didn’t eat a single serving of fruits or vegetables daily.
Some states have a legal framework allowing “mature minors” to make their own health care decisions – but they apply it in different ways, and some don’t have it at all.
Suspensions don’t just harm Black children – they also harm their parents’ employment, a school discipline expert argues in a forthcoming book.
New research found girls particularly liked to see wildflowers, hear nature sounds and touch animals and plants.
We need to understand the student activities and movements that are spreading the Delta variant of the virus in the latest Brisbane outbreak.
4 out of 5 experts said yes.
Overall muscle fitness among children and teens hasn’t declined over the past several decades, but by some measures it’s not improving, either.
New South Wales recently announced it would trial different start and finish times for various year levels in primary schools. There are many benefits to this approach.
Teenagers develop empathy over time, but those who feel safe and connected with their families may have a head start.
The question of whether we should be vaccinating children and adolescents against COVID-19 is currently being debated. Here’s why the answer is ‘not yet’.
Teens have acutely felt the effects of the pandemic lockdowns on their social lives. As the end of stay-at-home orders draws nearer, it’s important to consider teenagers’ social and emotional needs.
As teens forge their post-pandemic identities, let’s afford them the ‘dignity of risk,’ in their whole lives including their sexualities.
A significant portion of teenagers’ social development happens online. The risks are well known, but the benefits of peer support are often overlooked.
Trying to get help for gender dysphoria is rigorous and stressful for young people and their families, it shouldn’t be this way.
Teenagers have been proactively focusing on self-care and staying optimistic.
Gen Z is breaking stereotypes, but there are still some worrying trends when it comes to substance abuse.
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Research Officer at Medical School, Swansea University
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Professor of Psychology, San Diego State University
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Professor in Public Health Data Science, Swansea University
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Director of the International Gaming Research Unit and Professor of Behavioural Addiction, Nottingham Trent University
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Emeritus reader in science education and communication, University of Sussex
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Assistant Professor of Social Work, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor at the Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Wayne State University
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, Wayne State University
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Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast
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Researcher, Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
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Professor, University of Sydney; RMIT University
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Professor of Psychology, Bridgewater State University
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Senior Research Fellow in Organizational Leadership, Policy and Development, University of Minnesota
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Professor of Adolescent Health, Co-Head of the General Practice Clinical School, University of Sydney