Recently the Pew Research Center found that 95% of teens ages 12-17 were using the Internet. But their statistics found that a significantly smaller percentage of teens were using video functions like chatting, uploading video and streaming live video footage. The study did find that 80% of teens using the Internet used social networking sites, […]

The number of boys and men seeking help for eating disorders is on the increase according to statistics from South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust (SWLSTG). Last year 9 per cent of our eating disorder patients at the SWLSTG specialist Eating Disorder Unit were male, which is a significant increase from […]

At high schools across the United States, pressure over grades and competition for college admissions are encouraging students to abuse prescription stimulants, according to interviews with students, parents and doctors. Pills that have been a staple in some college and graduate school circles are going from rare to routine in many academically competitive high schools, […]

A new study has found that being aware of the possible legal consequences of sexting doesn’t make teens do it any less. In fact, it may just make them sext each other more. Twenty percent of high school students have used their cell phones to send a sexually explicit photo, and 25 percent have forwarded […]

Author Scott Steinberg attempts to answer their questions in a new series of high-tech parenting books called The Modern Parent’s Guide. The first volume, Kids and Video Games, went online as a free download this week. Internet, Web and Online Safety; Facebook and Social Networks; Smartphones and Apps; and Digital Music, Movies and Entertainment will […]

An Australian study emphasised the importance of listening to the perspectives of young people on their experiences of parental separation, including what is important to them in adjusting to their changing families. Adolescents make considerable adjustments when parents separate, and the findings illustrate adolescents’ differing developmental capacities to understand and accept family changes. Find research […]

Children change during puberty, so do their sleep habits. Specifically, their biological rhythms — the sleep and wake cycle — get longer to varying degrees. This can cause a teen to function better at night and need to sleep later. Adolescents with very long rhythms — 25 hours or longer — are considered delayed. When […]

According to a team of psychologists, today’s definition of cool is less about being a rebel without a cause, and more about being friendly and warm. That’s the conclusion of a new study which set out to find the contemporary definition of ‘cool,’ a concept traditionally associated with characteristics like emotional control, rebelliousness, toughness and […]