Parents will be able to control their child’s mobile phone thanks to a SIM card remotely managed from a computer. The Bemilo system, to be run on the Vodafone network, offers a service for parents to prevent their children from going online, texting or calling during certain hours. Unlike an app, a child will not […]
Continue readingWhy Self-harm is Spreading
Figures released on the Health Statistics NSW website show the rate of people being hospitalised for self-harm has more than doubled in NSW over the past 10 years. And the driver? Young women, where rates increased from 145 hospitalisations for self-harm for every 100,000 women aged between 15 and 24 in 1991, to 352 in […]
Continue readingDepression Linked With More Internet Use
According to researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology, people suffering from depression tend to spend more time chatting and sharing files with others. Two hundred and sixteen undergraduate students were monitored over a month’s time for actual Internet use. Higher scores on depression surveys — which were given at the beginning of the […]
Continue readingBe Careful When Comforting Struggling Students
Previous research tells us that students who see intelligence and ability as fixed will tend to give up when confronted by a difficult problem, whereas those who see intelligence as growable will persevere. But how do teachers’ beliefs about ability affect the way they perceive and respond to their students’ performance? Read full article here
Continue readingInternet Porn & Teenage Sexual Health
A study by Australian researchers at the University of New South Wales and the University of Melbourne indicates an association between internet pornography and the sexual health of teenagers, with a review of literature in the area finding a strong correlation between teenage consumers of online porn and risky sexual behaviour. Read full article here […]
Continue reading‘Tough Love’ Keeps Teens from Binge Drinking
The headlines state that one in ten teens are binge drinkers and graphic photos of them vomiting in the street paint an unflattering picture of a sub-culture out of control. But, 90 per cent do not drink to excess and it may be ‘tough love’ by parents keeping the teens on track. A leading Australian […]
Continue readingTeenagers in 2012 At Increased Risk For Heart Disease
Many American teenagers, including some with a normal, healthy weight, already have one or more risk factors for heart disease, researchers say. About 22 percent of today’s teens have borderline-high or already high LDL cholesterol — that’s the bad type. And 15 percent have pre-diabetes or diabetes, according to the new research based on data […]
Continue readingSerious Hearing Loss for 1 in 5 Teens
Seventy-two percent of teenagers participating in a study experienced reduced hearing ability following exposure to a pop rock performance by a popular female singer. The level of hearing loss among American teens has risen to a level researchers have never seen before. So scientists from the House Ear Institute wanted to identify why this happening […]
Continue reading5 Questions To Help Teens Interpret Culture
Try and imagine a future where the morality and social awareness the world’s inhabitants is shaped entirely by tabloid current affairs programs, viral YouTube videos, and MTV. Hopefully it won’t be the entire population, but there are an increasing number for whom such a reality is becoming increasingly probable. A 2010 survey found that children […]
Continue reading5 Parenting Trends Undermining Teenage Resilience
Recently I have been doing a fair bit of reading about teenage self-esteem and resilience for a book I am writing. Working through the material I have been struck by how many modern parenting practices are so focused on the well being of kids but are actually in danger of doing more harm than good. […]
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