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Although fewer Australian teens planned on going to university or TAFE than 15 years ago, figures were still higher than the OECD average.
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.
Sex education lessons will soon cover sexting, consent, body image and different types of contraception.
School is out and screens make tempting babysitters. Follow these recommendations to allow your child some screen time without compromising their health and development.
Teenagers often don’t understand what emotional abuse is – and shows such as Love Island can make it seem normal.
When and how teenage girls can consent to contraceptive implants.
When it comes to neuroscience, there’s no such thing as an ‘average’ teenager.
One in 20 young people are both cyberbully and victim.
We asked teenagers what they need to get, and stay, active.
Teenage girls using social media for more than an hour a day face risks to their well-being as they grow up.
Because teenage boys and girls behave differently online, girls are more at risk for cyberbullying, and intervention needs to take this into account.
According to a photojournalism expert, there can be a relationship between exposure to grisly images and activism. But there are also ethical considerations to be made.
The law around ‘sexting’ needs to be overhauled as the way young people communicate changes and evolves.
While parents are growing more concerned about their children’s easy access to porn, they often don’t realize just how ‘hardcore’ and violent it has become and how early their kids are seeing it.
In a survey of 80 teens and college-aged Americans, most said they’d experienced physical or emotional distress before and after the 2016 presidential election.
We should be worried about the development of social skills in a world where everyone can have their ‘perfect’ AI friend.
More than 90% of teens are reportedly experiencing some form of relationship abuse.
The things teenagers choose to do can be baffling to us, but it’s ok, they’re in a different stage of brain development.
Science shows that early starts can be bad for teenagers’ health. Schools and universities would be better off starting at 10am.
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Professor in Public Health Data Science, Swansea University
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Professor of Psychology, San Diego State University
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Research Officer at Medical School, Swansea University
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Senior Lecturer in Science Education, Sussex School of Education and Social Work, University of Sussex
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Director of the International Gaming Research Unit and Professor of Behavioural Addiction, Nottingham Trent University
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Clinical Professor of Public Health and Psychiatry, Swansea University
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Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast
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Senior Research Fellow in Organizational Leadership, Policy and Development, University of Minnesota
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Associate Professor in the Specialty of General Practice, University of Sydney
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Associate professor, The University of Melbourne
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Researcher: Digital Literacy and Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Communication and Middle East Studies, Georgia State University
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Professor of Disability and Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Discipline of Childhood and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney
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Professor of Psychology, Bridgewater State University
