CHAPEL HILL, NC. -- Frequent use of social media could be reshaping how adolescents' brains develop, a new study found. Those who checked their platforms more often were more likely to be sensitive to ...

The brain develops in spurts throughout childhood and adolescence, but not much is understood about the process. To disentangle this complicated puzzle surrounding one of the body’s most mysterious ...

New Global Standards for quality health-care services for adolescents developed by WHO and UNAIDS aim to help countries improve the quality of adolescent health care. Existing health services often ...

The Annie E. Casey Foundation is perhaps best known for its work helping America’s youth. Lisa Lawson, the president and CEO, has done extensive research into the development of teenagers. She joined ...

The mission of our English Language Arts Department is for staff, families, and community members to work in partnership to ensure that all students have adequate and equitable access to high-quality ...

Note: This post uses“LGBTQ+” and “queer” interchangeably as umbrella terms for people with non-cisgender and heterosexual identities. Many LGBTQ+ adults did not get the adolescence our cisgender, ...

Ever notice how sometimes conversations between parents and (pre)teens change a lot, even day-to-day? And you know that a lot is going on in both parents’ and (pre)teens’ lives that affect how each ...

Over the years, as I've delved deeper into my research on the development of decision-making, my empathy toward adolescents has grown significantly. I have come to recognize the complexity of the ...