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Abused from childhood to adulthood, I heal through advocacy for other survivors

Roxanne Epperson’s teen dating violence workshops at Schenley High School led to the educational and advocacy work she does to this day with Women...

Abortion bans are changing what it means to be young in America

Adobe Stock Illustration by Julie Maslowsky, University of Michigan Adolescence and young adulthood is a time of identity formation, when young people figure out who they...

Talking to teens about sex: advice for parents on when, how, what to say and why it’s so important

Talking with your teen about sex and sexuality is a way to empower them. Paperkites by Ayobami Precious Adekola, University of South Africa The “birds and...

Cannabis legalization has led to a boom in potent forms of the drug that present new hazards for adolescents

A selection of cannabis accessories, including a dab pen in the foreground. HighGradeRoots/iStock via Getty Images by Ty Schepis, Texas State University Eventually, most adults reach...

Students could get more sleep and learn better if school started a little later

by Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, University of Pittsburgh Nearly three-quarters of high school students do not get enough sleep on school nights, according to the Centers for...

A jail stay as a teen led me to advocacy, but incarceration leads many to ruin

Muhammad Ali Nasir, also known by his emcee name MAN-E, the advocacy, policy and civic engagement coordinator for 1Hood and founder of Community Care...

Teens don’t know everything − and those who acknowledge that fact are more eager to learn

Getty Images Stock Photo by Tenelle Porter, Rowan University If you, like me, grew up in the 1980s and 1990s, you may have come across the...

Dozens of US adolescents are dying from drug overdoses every month − an expert on substance use unpacks the grim numbers

by Ty Schepis, Texas State University Drug overdose deaths in the United States continue to rise. Overdoses claimed more than 112,000 American lives from May 2022...

How to help teen girls’ mental health struggles

Getty Images  – 6 research-based strategies for parents, teachers and friends by Elizabeth Englander, Bridgewater State University and Meghan K. McCoy, Bridgewater State University It’s a well-established fact...

Research on teen social media use has a racial bias – studies of White kids are widely taken to be universal

by Linda Charmaraman, Wellesley College and J. Maya Hernandez, University of California, Irvine Most research on teen social media use has been conducted on White...

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