Talking with your teen about sex and sexuality is a way to empower them.
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This advice can help you to engage your teens in open, honest and helpful dialogues about sex and sexuality.
Social media platforms can provide safe, accurate and confidential information about sex to teens.
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Social media platforms can be a gateway for young people who need to access essential resources and support services.
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A new study has identified seven types of teen readers. It also found about 30% do not read in their free time.
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New research shows how current messages to ‘simply avoid’ sexting do not work for young people.
Teens are more clued in to family finances than many people think.
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A study of more than 100 teens and their caregivers showed a unique link between hardship and behavior problems.
Young readers report becoming more thoughtful after reading stories that feature characters who face complex challenges.
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Amid calls to ban certain books from libraries and schools, research shows that students benefit when they have the ability to choose which materials they want to read.
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In the wake of a series of viral ‘pranks’, many are wondering why teens do such bad things. It’s not as simple as you think.
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Curating their own social media accounts can help teenagers build their identities.
Like natural hormones, known as endogenous hormones, the artificial hormones contained in the pill, known as exogenous hormones, can have effects on the brain.
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Oral contraceptives modify the menstrual cycle. What’s less well known is that they also reach the brain, particularly the regions important for regulating emotions.
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The good news is most teenagers don’t use illicit drugs, and the majority of those who do only do so occasionally and don’t come to serious harm.
Adolescence is an age when people are particularly vulnerable to mental health problems.
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New research looking at data from 200,000 children in Wales has found a substantial increase in mental health issues.
Some teens get tendinitis from scooping ice cream.
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Better training and supervision make younger workers less vulnerable to injuries.
About 58% of middle schoolers and 73% of high schoolers do not get enough sleep.
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Most teens aren’t getting enough sleep, leading to poorer academic performance. Early school start times combined with natural changes in hormones and the circadian rhythm could be to blame.
What makes some students eager to work hard and others prefer to avoid the struggle?
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Being aware of ignorance and fallibility can make people more teachable, and perhaps it could make people feel helpless and disempowered.
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Could teenagers get on with older people and vice versa? Turned out, they could. And both flourished.
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Children experience grief much more commonly than most of us think. This is what they want to know.
Understanding how and why conflicts around devices and screen time are unfolding will help families foster healthy relationships with each other and with digital technologies.
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Navigating disagreements about screens can provide parents with valuable opportunities to foster quality relationships and raise children who can manage themselves responsibly.
Today, nearly all U.S. teens have a smartphone.
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Up to 50% of US teens feel they are addicted to their devices. But help is out there.
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Grumbling children and teenagers can be so annoying. But it is important to try and decode their complaints.
When teens can’t sleep, they often scroll online well into the night, which only exacerbates the problem.
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Exposure to screens before bedtime can contribute to chronic sleep deprivation, which raises the risk for anxiety, depression and even suicidal thoughts.