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.
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Teenagers pick up cues about drinking from you and your family. Here's how you can help them develop a healthier relationship with alcohol.
Allowing young people to legally access marijuana will improve cannabis education and use-prevention, and hinder illegal activity.
Understanding where teens learn about sex and how that influences them can help us find ways to encourage healthy sexual behaviors, such as using condoms and birth control.
Evolutionary psychology could explain why the memories and friendships formed during these years seem more vivid, potent and meaningful than those from any other stage of life.
Learning about a friend's suicide attempt appears to transform a distant idea into something very real. Should this change the way we talk about suicide?
Some parents worry their teens' obsession with dark fiction means they'll grow up and overthrow the government -- like Katniss Everdeen in Hunger Games. How real is this concern?
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Professor of Psychology, San Diego State University
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Researcher: Children and Technology, Western Sydney University
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Professor, Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University
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Professor, School of Sociology, Australian National University
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Deputy CEO (Research), Australian Council for Educational Research
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Associate Professor of Narratology, University of Sydney
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Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology; Director, Behavioral Health and Research, The University of Texas Medical Branch
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Senior Lecturer in General Practice, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Oregon
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Assistant Professor of Comparative Human Development, University of Chicago
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of British Columbia
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Cornelia H. Dudley Professor of Psychology, Knox College
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Professor Emerita of Sociology and Women's Studies, CEO of Culture Reframed, Wheelock College
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Senior Lecturer and Educational and Developmental Psychologist, Monash University
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Interim Vice President Research University of Michigan, Professor of Emergency Medicine and Director of the Injury Research Center, University of Michigan
