How is your teenager going at school? Do they look forward to going to school and enjoy the challenge of academic learning? Or are they a less than enthusiastic student? With a new school year starting in northern hemisphere, and southern hemisphere kids heading back for the second half of their academic year it seems […]
Continue readingA new report published by the NSPCC demonstrates, we need to move away from a focus on ‘stranger danger’ and the abstract threat of pornography on the internet. The report shows that young people need help in managing the everyday use of technology and their peer gender relations at school including those that are sexual […]
Continue readingInteresting new data on the myths and facts about teenage technology use from Pew Research. Teens 2012: Truth, Trends, and Myths About Teen Online Behavior from Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project
Continue readingAccording to a new study by ING Direct an overwhelming majority of teens –87% — admit they don’t know much about personal finance. Today, most teenagers are not learning any personal money management skills because no one around them talks about it. Read full article here Find out more about educating teenagers on money management […]
Continue readingA new study has taken a more unusual approach, asking children and adolescents to recall times that they left someone out, and to explain their reasons for doing so. Holly Recchia and her team hope the findings could help design better interventions for reducing social exclusion. Read full article here Article published in journal here […]
Continue readingA recent study has found that exposure to sexual content in movies increases the chances of children adopting risky behavior later in life. “Adolescents who are exposed to more sexual content in movies start having sex at younger ages, have more sexual partners, and are less likely to use condoms with casual sexual partners,” said […]
Continue readingCompared to previous generations, Millennials seem to have some very different habits that have taken both established companies and small businesses by surprise. One of these is that Generation Y doesn’t seem to enjoy purchasing things… Read full article here
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Even though teenage sibling bickering and arguing is inevitable, it doesn’t mean parents are powerless to do anything to reduce it. Parents exert a significant influence on the relationship between two youths and the amount of fighting between them. This is good news for those of you who want more peace, less arguments and generally […]
Continue readingEvery generation of young people seems to be misunderstood by their elders, and today’s teens are no exception. While adults may accuse adolescents of preferring electronics to face-to-face contact, March data on teenage internet users in the US from Common Sense Media, a nonprofit that advocates for kids and families, shows that claim may be […]
Continue readingA new campaign that aims to empower teenagers from today’s image and weight obsessed society has revealed that the number one wish for 11 to 17-year-old girls is to be thinner. Miss Representation has released facts during its Keep It Real campaign, revealing that 80per cent of ten-year-old girls say they have been on a […]
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