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Requiring Kids Get a Coronavirus Vaccine to Return to School Is Premature
Jean Twenge
…worries that the photos will hinder their ability to get a job in the future.
COVID-19 has led to a rise in the number of young people in the U.K. who are seeking and believing in God,…
29% say it is very important for a couple to marry if they have a child Down from 38% in 2013
Teens say they go to religious services at least once a month, almost exactly the same as the share of their parents…
Body dissatisfaction at age 14 years is associated with depressive episodes at age 18 years, according to a study
First-born children often think they’re smarter than their siblings – and now science seems to back them up
Series of near-riots on campuses aimed at silencing guest speakers has exposed no longer free exchange of ideas in pursuit of truth
Like Snapchat snaps and Instagram and Facebook “stories,” Twitter is rolling out fleets—tweets that disappear after 24 hours
Nearly One-in-Four Teens Less Likely to Consider Starting a Business as an Adult as the Result of COVID-19 Impact
Young kids now spend more time watching online videos than doing any other activity on screens
checking social media often, viewing emotional or violent videos, and starting to use social media at an early age were related to…
regular exposure to marijuana advertising and store locations increased the likelihood of adolescents using marijuana
An eye-opening number of Gen-Z-ers have warmed up to Marxism in the past year
The latest study aggregates responses from 9,800 teens across the United States
The most wanted gifts among teens this year include…
Nearly one-third of students who reported misusing prescription opioids as high school seniors between 1997 and 2000, but did not have a…
Biblical values that were once considered morally right and acceptable are now considered morally repugnant by many Americans
I would like to use this experience to prevent others from making a similar mistake. … There will not be a day…
A nearly 60% jump in suicides by young Americans since 2007 has experts alarmed and somewhat puzzled
It is becoming clear that they do not amplify this virus the way they do influenza when it comes
Netflix cancellations were nearly eight times higher than usual
New studies show caregivers with young children are stressed, with no signs of relief on the horizon
“The Left wants to sexualize children, period, and to remove penalties for adult predators.”
The number of U.S. youths who use e-cigarettes fell from 5.4 million in 2019 to 3.6 million this year — but vaping…
Teens and seniors are more likely to drive vehicles that lack important safety features, adding additional risks for these vulnerable drivers
What they’re teaching kids — as early as kindergarten — is disturbing
Features ‘female breast nudity of a minor,’bums, and spread crotches of scantily clad’ children
If this doesn’t wake people up to the menace that Cultural Marxism poses, nothing will.
It’s overtly ‘sexualized’ portrayal of young girls, who are dressed in skimpy outfits and seen twerking on camera.
Four Ways Parents Can Protect Their Kids from Sexting
Threatens social lifeline for young gamers
A different look at being black in America. Featuring media personalities, ministers, civil rights activist, veterans, and a self-employed plumber
A Defense of the Founding
psychologist Lisa Damour warns how the extended isolation from social distancing could cause a mental health crisis in children and adolescents
More Than Half Of U.S. Children Lack Proper Heart, Lung Fitness
A new survey finds four in five parents are thinking about homeschooling their school-age children this fall. Of those parents, nearly half…
Parents were asked to rank the importance of 12 values kids need to learn, and 93% of parents responded that responsibility…
A new study from the Yale Child Study Center finds that parents can lessen the effects of inevitable conflict with their teenage…
Predictable. If you seize power for the purpose of forcing others to buy into your deranged, anti-human vision…
It’s part of a broader crackdown on Chinese-owned and operated technology due to national security concerns
Polish President Vows to Protect Children from ‘LGBT Ideology’, Support Traditional Families
Do they disproportionately shoot African-Americans? Are incidents in places like Ferguson and Baltimore evidence of systemic discrimination? Heather Mac Donald, a scholar…
Over 2,800 adolescents from across 17 Australian high schools took part in the study
4 toddlers shot in Chicago amid surge in gun violence
White cops do not disproportionately kill black suspects and are less likely to shoot them than minority cops
Are the police racist?
So, where did the notion of white privilege come from? Who does it benefit? And who does it hurt? The answers might…
‘Antifa kid’ who smashed a police car and incited riots in Pittsburgh is escorted into custody — by his mom and dad
The years between 12 and 20 are a period of self-discovery and self-doubt for the average teen
Physical activity might be one of the first things to drop off the radar as adolescent girls move from primary to secondary…
Negative mood is not unusual in adolescence, but lack of sleep can affect mental health, causing a loss of pleasure, anxiety, anger…
According to a new study, students struggle to critically assess information from the Internet and are often influenced by unreliable sources
Too many kids show worrying signs of fragility from a very young age. Here’s what we can do about it
The presence of just one adult relationship cuts severe isolation, raises trust levels, and results in more confidence.
The single most important way to mitigate loneliness is for trusted adults to reach out and connect
People will survive Covid-19, more of them might emerge with porn addictions, liver damage and obesity, diabetes
What You Need To Know
The bills are called the “Fairness in Women’s Sports Act”
Among the social impacts of the coronavirus is its swift dismantling of the cult of celebrity
It doesn’t take much time for the positive benefits to kick in — we’re talking 10 minutes outside in a space with…
UK teen girl wanted to be male; got breasts removed, took testosterone. Now 23, she says doctors should have ‘challenged’ her decision…
Tim Chau is an 18-year-old Asian-American with more than 4m followers on Instagram.
The family structure we’ve held up as the cultural ideal for the past half century has been a catastrophe for many. It’s…
one Texan between the ages of 10 and 24 dies by suicide every day
The latest TickTock challenge endangering lives
5 Reasons To Mentor Youth
Unassuming victims are taking into jumping up before their feet are pulled away meaning they land on their heads and spines
“Make this the decade you choose to forget what the media says and choose to love your own self as you are,”
I want to talk about all the reasons why we might be seeing this rise
What has always and never been true for the class of 2023
If You Have Questions About Teens, They’re Answering Them for You on Reddit
California’s new bill would ban the sending of naked photos and lawbreakers may be fined up to $500
That a Recent New York Times’ Article Ignores
works by comparing a photo to a database of 3 billion pictures off Facebook, Venmo, YouTube and other sites
sugar actually influences our brains’ reward centers in essentially the same way as addictive drugs.
Adolescent Drinking Increases Anxiety, Alcohol Abuse Later in Life
Black children under 18 living in poverty decreases from 45% for mother-only households and 36% for father-only households to just 12% for…
As electronic-cigarette use has soared among America’s teens, so have the number vaping marijuana, two new reports indicate
Overdosing from benzodiazepines, commonly prescribed anxiety medications, has risen dramatically over the past decade, according
Experts blame social media and celebrity diet culture as hospital admissions for under-19s suffering eating disorders DOUBLE in a decade
We can never be satisfied, because the products we love cannot love us back
The New Sexualized Childhood and What Parents Can Do to Protect Their Kids
Revealing what advertisers know about human nature and how they exploit it to make a profit
…but was surprised at the magnitude of increase.… This translates to millions of adolescents,”
Begin using cannabis before age 18 are 4 to 7 times more likely than adults to develop marijuana use disorder
Face-to-face conversations we have in a day has decreased by 15% in the last five years
by Common Sense Media
Clinicians were fast-tracking children into sex-change procedures due to pressure from..lobbyists
31 percent of adolescent girls and young women struggle with symptoms of anxiety, experiencing edginess, fatigue
Average Person Can’t Last 4 hours With Their Family Over The Holidays
On a day-to-day basis, the average adult watches TV for three-and-a-half hours, amounting to 1,248 hours each year.
How the original communal living arrangements of the Plymouth Colony failed them
As the United States celebrates Thanksgiving, we all should remember the risks and sacrifices of the Pilgrims 395 years ago
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