Reading fiction can make you happier, nicer towards others and better focused in your activities.
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To counter the unbalanced effects of the digital age, reading literature is the key.
Teaching kids early can help.
Teaching your kids core principles about sexuality and consent early can help them navigate the gray areas of adulthood.
For many children and young people, engaging with explicit material is not uncommon.
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For many children and young people, engaging with explicit material is not uncommon – and not necessarily harmful.
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When dealing with young teenagers, information is better than bribes or threats.
A group of teenagers hanging out.
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In recent years, the notion of a structurally imbalanced teenage brain has been faulted for bad choices. A review of studies suggests that a deficit in brain development is not to blame.
Research shows that holding down a job as a teenager has real benefits later in life.
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Instead of trying out for band or the hockey team, adolescents might do better to choose a part-time job as an extracurricular activity. Research shows it pays big dividends later in life.
A pair of identical twins. The one on the right has OCD, while the one on the left does not.
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It can be very hard for people to accept that they – or their family member – are not to blame for their mental illness. Seeing the evidence in a scan can make a difference.
Sexting is a criminal offence for under-18s.
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Sexting has led to a rise in under-18s reported for sex offences.
Seems harmless?
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Data show parents with daughters are slightly more likely to separate than those with sons, but the risk disappears where the fathers grew up with a sister.
How does technology affect family relationships?
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New research shows that families in Japan and the US struggle in very similar ways with how technology is affecting their lives, their relationships and each other.
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Digital fitness trackers may look cool, but many teenagers don’t want them in PE lessons.
In the past, kids couldn’t wait to get their driver’s licenses. Now? Not so much.
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Should parents be worried that many teens are putting off traditional rites of passage like working, driving and dating?
Cannabis is the most widely available and most used illegal substance in the world, and Canadian youth are among the top users.
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Parents can help protect their kids from cannabis abuse by openly discussing the health risks, the pleasures and the responsible ways to use the drug.
Their hormones mean they still need zzz’s even when they’re already supposed to be in homeroom.
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Teenagers aren’t just lazy. Their sleep hormones aren’t calibrated to let them get up and go until later in the morning – which has academic and health consequences when school starts too early.
Teens most at risk of self-harm are those who are same-sex attracted or bisexual, or those with depression, anxiety or general feelings of unhappiness.
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A snapshot of Australian teens shows most doing well, but as a group they are still plagued by suicide risk, self-harm and mental health problems.
Lean on me for a better night’s sleep.
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Studies suggest that, even when we go to bed alone, the company we keep by day may determine how well we sleep at night.
Vinyl records and cassette tapes, the parties that went with them, and other hedonistic pleasures from our youth can form a big part of our identity years later.
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Memories of our carefree youth help form our identity today. But memories are selective. So, were we really as wild as we think we were?
A new version of Gardasil, the HPV vaccine that protects against cervical cancer, has just been approved for listing on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Schedule.
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A new version of the HPV vaccine Gardasil protects against nine types of the virus, and is already being used overseas.
Mental health continues to be a problem among sexual minority teenagers.
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Despite progress on LGBT rights, improved psychological well-being of sexual minority young people is yet to be seen.
The Sarahah app urges users to send ‘constructive’ messages, but cyberbullying is rife.
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Apps inviting anonymous comments play upon our desire to know our social standing, but are an open goal for bullies.