If you’re agonizing over the long hours tweens and teens spend scrolling through and posting to Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and other social media sharing and messaging platforms, new UC Berkeley research has some enlightening news to share. When it comes to screen time, the problem is not so much the number of hours they spend […]
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Parents, for your teenager’s sexual health, talk to them about taking risks
For the past year, the pandemic has shaped how young people have been forced to consider risk. Masks, social distancing, hand washing, staying home —these are new norms of safety for life as what’s popularly been dubbed a “quaranteenager.” And yet, as the weather warms, and we take tentative steps outside, teenagers will begin to […]
Teenagers in the US are the fourth most active in the world
The world’s laziest teenagers: Only 7% of children in South Korea are active for an hour a day – while teens in the US are the fourth MOST active and the UK ranks 29th World Health Organization data shows where children are least active South Korea, the Philippines and Cambodia had the most inactive children […]
Three or more hours on social media interrupts teenagers' sleep
Teenagers who trawl through Twitter, Facebook and Instagram for three hours each day have worse sleeping patterns, scientists say Almost 12,000 teenagers reported their social media use and sleeping patters More than one in three were deemed ‘high users’, of three or more hours a day They are more than twice as likely to stay […]
Angelina Jolie Is 'Rediscovering' Herself While Raising Teenagers
A blast from the past! Angelina Jolie is feeling nostalgic while raising her teenage kids. “When your children are little, you feel more ‘Mommy,’” the actress, 44, explained to Entertainment Tonight on Tuesday, September 10. “When they are teenagers, you start to remember yourself as a teenager. You see them going to punk clubs and […]
About half of teenagers have never talked to doctor alone, study finds
About half of American teenagers have never visited doctors without a parent or guardian present, despite recommendations that such visits begin about age 13, a study led by a Chicago researcher shows. Dr. Jon Klein wanted find whether the American Medical Association’s 1992 recommendation had any effect on teenagers taking an active role in their […]