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Why are teenage girls attracted to boys who hurt them?

Getty Images by Silvia Molina Roldán, Universitat Rovira i Virgili; Garazi Lopez de Aguileta, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Itxaso Tellado, Universitat de Vic – Universitat Central...

Double dutch squad aims to rope Pittsburgh kids into sport, and off of phones

From left, Niara Dean-Wasim, Aicha Conde-Cyrus, Fatou Conde-Cyrus, Aliya Samson, and Danae Darwin jump between the ropes as coaches Arista Hunter and Shawnte Knox...

Summer reading: 5 young-adult fiction novels that explore LGBTQ+ teen lives

These titles promise to surprise and delight. Saowakhon Brown/Moment via Getty Images by James B. Blasingame, Arizona State University and Gabriel Acevedo, Arizona State University In...

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...

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...

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 much time do kids spend on devices – playing games, watching videos, texting and using the phone?

Today, nearly all U.S. teens have a smartphone. Getty Images Stock Photo by David Rosenberg, Wayne State University and Natalia Szura, Wayne State University Curious Kids...

More youth and parents discuss underage drinking

TEENS AND BOOZE--Getty Images Stock Photo (NewsUSA) - Past month underage alcohol consumption in the United States has decreased by 53% in the past 20...

Screen time is contributing to chronic sleep deprivation in tweens and teens

When teens can’t sleep, they often scroll online well into the night, which only exacerbates the problem. ljubaphoto/E+ via Getty Images  – a pediatric sleep...

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