Instagram’s emphasis on filtered photos of bodies harms girls’ self-image.
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Ample research demonstrates the harms Instagram causes teen girls, especially around body image. Meta is now facing the consequences of knowingly marketing a harmful service.
Youth in New Mexico used their own experiences with arrest and incarceration to advocate for others.
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A youth group gives juvenile offenders a chance to advocate for change in the justice system.
Students nearing the end of high school worried about their schoolwork and education more than younger students.
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Students’ academic worries persisted through the pandemic. A developmental scientist offers tips to support young people heading back to school.
Adolescence is a key stage of development for the growth of empathy.
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Teenagers develop empathy over time, but those who feel safe and connected with their families may have a head start.
As more trans teens have come out, they’ve attracted more attention from the media and politicians.
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Some skeptics say that the growing prevalence of transgender teens is a fad. But history and some recent research show it’s not so simple.
For teens, the pandemic has spotlit the risk of not being able to take risks associated with establishing new intimate relationships outside of the family.
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As teens forge their post-pandemic identities, let’s afford them the ‘dignity of risk,’ in their whole lives including their sexualities.
Girls face lasting negative effects of sexual harassment.
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A viral TikTok video is helping girls bear witness to the harassment they experience at school.
Social media often had a positive influence.
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Our study showed that social media often had a positive influence on young people, motivating them to be healthier.
Emotional regulation includes the ability to pay attention to and accept our emotions, and to differentiate emotions.
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Growing core coping skills isn’t just a matter of learning not to be triggered by children’s strong feelings; it’s also about creating positive meaningful activities that promote mutual bonding.
Studies show that young people aren’t getting sufficient information – at home, school or online – about mental health and illness.
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Understanding a family member’s diagnosis can help teens feel less stressed, afraid and alone.
Parents also want to know about safety, side effects and if they’ll still have to wear masks.
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COVID-19 vaccine testing on children is just getting started, and only in adolescents.
Kids can ask the best questions.
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Tolerating inquiry is essential even if there are such things as questions no one should ask.
Children and teens with pre-existing mental health conditions are vulnerable to stressors during the pandemic.
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COVID-19 is affecting many people’s state of mind, but some of the most vulnerable members of our communities are children and youth with pre-existing mental health challenges.
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, left, stars in Never Have I Ever as Devi, a delightful protagonist who has endearing, thoughtful friends with stories of their own, Fabiola (Lee Rodriguez), center, and Eleanor (Ramona Young), right.
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“Never Have I Ever” is a fresh, fun and poignant addition to television’s repertoire of coming-of-age stories, especially for stories of Indian teenage girls.
The last thing adolescents want is to be trapped at home alone, by order of their parents.
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Together the social and emotional ‘jobs’ of adolescence – developing intimate friendships and achieving autonomy – make teens uniquely resistant to calls for social distancing.
A pedestrian wearing a protective face mask walks past a nearly empty restaurant in New York City.
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We don’t know how long-lasting the effects of the virus will be, but the outbreak is already having a deep psychological impact on people and disrupting life on a massive scale.
Not all of Bernie Sanders’ young supporters are showing up at the polls.
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Americans under 30 are far less likely to vote than older citizens. Stepping up civics instruction might help change that, a scholar explains.
The tab for enrolling your child can cost $6,000 a month or more.
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As many as 100,000 US adolescents currently spend at least part of the year in these therapeutic or disciplinary programs.
Too much caffeine interferes with sleep.
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Since caffeine is in so many different foods and drinks, it’s easy for kids – or grownups – to get more than they should without realizing it.
One-fifth of U.S. teen girls reported experiencing major depression in 2017.
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New research finds that the different ways boys and girls use digital technology might explain the discrepancy.