Young people need to believe they can do difficult things. Don't tell them they're fragile.

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

Memorizing times tables has returned to Virginia's Standards of Learning, after a six-year exile, writes Todd Truitt. But he fears...

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

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...

Parents should band together to "say 'no' to smart phones and social," writes Laura Yuen in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. She dreams of...

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

Anxious about their children's anxiety, parents are going into crisis mode when their 18-year-olds face the normal challenges of college...

Timed tests cause math anxiety, according to Jo Boaler, a Stanford math education professor who's been charged with "reckless disregard...

Phone-centered childhood is a disaster, writes Jonathan Haidt in The Atlantic. In the early 2010s, "adolescents in rich countries traded...

Four years ago, schools across the country closed their doors. It was supposed to be for two weeks or three or . . . Most schools stayed...

Seventy-two percent of teenagers say they often or sometimes feel "peaceful" when they're without their smartphones, according to a Pew...

Nearly all public schools offer some type of counseling, mental health or "wellness" lessons, writes Abigail Shrier in Free Press. But...

Smart phones are making students less smart, writes Derek Thompson in The Atlantic. Student achievement has been falling around the world...

The world is a dangerous place, teenagers and young adults believe. Members of Gen Z -- those born from the late 1990s to the early 2010s...

New York City is offering free online therapy to teenagers 13 to 17 years old, reports Michael Elsen-Rooney on Chalkbeat. Teenagers can...

"The race to the Ivy League starts early," writes Asia Grace in the New York Post. Affluent parents are hiring tutors for their toddlers...

Mental health doesn't mean feeling good all the time, writes psychologist Lisa Damour in The Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising...

Schools are going phone free to remove distractions in class and encourage students to socialize in their free time, report Meg Oliver...

U.S. teenagers average 4.8 hours a day on social media apps such as YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and X (formerly Twitter),...