Students are less independent, more likely to ask their parents to protect them from any effort.

Teens average 90 minutes each school day on their phones.

A new California law urges school to set homework policies that ease stress and promote "equity."

Do American kids need more math tutoring and fewer sleepovers?

"Ohio" means "weird" in Gen Alpha slang. Hmmmm.

Teenagers in 2024 are less likely to use drugs, alcohol or nicotine and many are postponing driving, work and sex.

Teenagers are working less and earning higher grades. Everybody's "phoning it in."

A young woman is suing "gender affirming care" providers for starting her on drugs and surgery at age 12.

Young Americans are less patriotic than older generations.

More than 3 percent of high school students identify as transgender, more than double the number a few years ago.

Teenagers 16 and 17 year old will be able to vote for school board in Oakland and Berkeley.

British mother persuaded teens to go smartphone-free for a month, then camp out for the weekend on their own.

Teens aren't quite as sad or suicidal as they were in 2021, reports the CDC, but violence, bullying and school avoidance are up.

Once upon a time, the teenage girls in Judy Blume's stories were "excited to grow up," writes Kat Rosenfield on The Free Press. Starting...

Britain's new Labour government plans to continue the ban on puberty blockers ordered by the Tories."We will always put the safety of...

Middle school is the worst. Kids hit puberty and turn deeply stupid for a few years before they learn to handle it. Even so, the seventh...

Pixar's new Inside Out 2 is about dealing with puberty and growing up, writes Emma Camp on Reason. Inside Out, released in 2015, featured...

Mental health awareness campaigns aimed at teenagers may backfire, writes Ellen Barry in the New York Times. While the truly troubled may...

Young children are becoming digital addicts, hooked on fast-paced scrolling, swiping and mini-rewards designed into platforms such as...

Chronic absenteeism is way up, writes Robert Pondiscio, but kids aren't just absent from school. A disturbing number of young people are...