A significant portion of teenagers' social development happens online. The risks are well known, but the benefits of peer support are often overlooked.
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Social media doesn't always offer comfort, but the space and support it can provide should be mirrored offline
The pandemic has seen more children experience mental health troubles. Modelling compassion and fostering self-esteem will help
Summer programmes should focus on physical activity, socialising, and being creative – not school work.
Our study showed that social media often had a positive influence on young people, motivating them to be healthier.
Research on the brain's development could help explain why mental health problems often arise first during adolescence.
We now know a lot about what makes adults fall into conspiracy theories but investigations into how the pull in young people are only just beginning.
Sexual negotiation can be a difficult process. It's about reading body language as well as verbal cues, and respecting the wants and needs of your partner. Schools need to teach it early and often.
Taking part in sport at university can bring huge benefits.
Some young people feel their voices and experiences during the pandemic have not been heard.
African leaders can make strategies to fight COVID-19 more accessible to the people.
The middle years (between 8 and 14 years old) are a foundational period for development. But these years don't receive enough support from the education system.
Interviews with a diverse range of young people in Edinburgh and London, aged 18-26, reveal their experiences both before and during the pandemic.
As research shows, divorce doesn't have to mean an unhappy childhood.
Nature is a promise of escape, a moment of relief and a relationship worth cherishing.
Communicators must listen to the frustrations, fears and concerns of young people about COVID-19. Then they need to speak to them like human beings, rather than talk at them.
The bushfire royal commission is due to hand down its findings this week. Our research shows the fires left young people deeply worried about their future, and they need support.
The Queensland opposition wants an 8pm curfew for children under 14 and 10pm for those under 17, in Townsville and Cairns.
Social media makes it easy to spread 'fake news'.
Start early and choose teachable moments over a 'big talk'.
Top contributors
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Professor, Education Policy and Practice, Youth Studies in the Faculty of Education. Latest books with Rosalyn Black include "Imagining Youth Futures: University Students in Post-Truth Times" and "Rethinking Youth Citizenship after the Age of Entitlement", Monash University
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Research Economist, RMIT University
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Associate Professor, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Associate professor, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
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Research Associate, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Professor of Work and Organisation, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor of Addiction, University of York
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Chancellor’s Fellow (Social Policy), University of Edinburgh
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Lecturer in Politics, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Vice-Chancellor and President, Australian Catholic University
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Senior Advisor ( Research and Communications), Australian Catholic University
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Research Fellow and Lecturer, Curtin University
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Senior Lecturer in Psychosocial Analysis of Offending Behaviour, Edge Hill University
