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Some young people are taken to immigration detention as they approach their 18th birthday.
The Conversation has access to top academic experts, and we want them to use their knowledge to answer questions from teenagers.
It’s not all smiles and cups of tea.
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Young people can make big savings living with their parents, but it throws up some thorny issues.
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan at the Walthamstow youth project, Spark2Life.
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Knife crime is a symptom of the toxic environments that adults create around children.
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Former young offenders can be uniquely well-equipped to support teenagers at risk of getting caught up in crime.
Walking on by.
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Young people are being put off claiming benefits – and it’s costing both them, and society.
Thanks Dad.
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Values – and capital – are clearly passed down from one generation to the next.
Teens are questioning the suggestion that they can’t get their stories straight and that abusive behaviour is to be expected at their age. Here teens from the 1980s pose for a time capsule.
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Last week’s hearing with Brett Kavanaugh raised questions about how responsible we are for our youthful actions. A legal scholar says that youthful inexperience doesn’t let us off the hook.
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Society teaches young people to avoid saying ‘no’, so they need more support to navigate the awkwardness of sex.
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Social media can be a great tool to keep in touch with friends – but if you are already lonely, it could make things worse.
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Drug users aren’t the problem – the current ‘war on drugs’ is.
Do we have any reason to believe that each new generation of white people will be more open-minded and tolerant than previous ones?
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Over the course of two years, a sociologist studied a group of affluent, white kids to see how they made sense of sensitive racial issues like privilege, unequal opportunity and police violence.
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Dangerous, vulnerable or just plain stupid – these are some of the stereotypes which young people face when they come in contact with the law.
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Research shows that 80% of medical students come from just 20% of the UK’s secondary schools.
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Beat exam stress with these top tips.
Following their own path.
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Interviewees report being told their identity is just a ‘phase’.
For some young women, a perceived lack of career opportunities is a significant barrier to relocating to rural communities.
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Research shows that young women are more ambivalent than young men when it comes to employment opportunities and other reasons to relocate to rural communities.
Young people know what’s good for them.
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The move may be welcomed by politicians and youth workers, but by focusing on future outcomes, Labour’s plans repeat a well-worn pattern.
She makes it look so easy.
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Go beyond the corporate jargon to really understand the freedom and challenges that come with being a digital nomad.
There are measures teenagers can take to protect sensitive details in their My Health Record.
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The My Health Record brings a unique set of confidentiality concerns for young people under 18. These need to be better addressed to ensure teens don’t forego important health care.