The kids are right, smartphones aren’t all bad news
Unenforceable social media bans for teenagers cause more problems than they solve.
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The myth of the teenager
Adolescents suffer from an image problem. Matilda Gosling’s Teenagers: The Evidence Base looks at the facts to dispel unhelpful stereotypes.
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Why courts could stop a teenager changing their gender
The wishes of a 16-year-old seeking to transition could be overruled because of concerns that hormone treatment isn’t in their…
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Inside the teenage mind
Why understanding the wild and fragile world of adolescence helps us better know ourselves.
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Teenage boys talk masculinity
In BBC Radio 4’s About the Boys, 16-year-olds discuss what it means to “become a man”.
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How Big Tech rewired childhood
Jonathan Haidt’s The Anxious Generation shows how smartphones have damaged the teenage mind – and urges us to fight back.
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Fear about young adults’ maturity is just a way of trying to control them
Better to help this generation of Peter Pans find their way out of Neverland.
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Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret captures the book’s timeless goodness
Funny and at points very moving, this adaptation of the Judy Blume novel has a golden heart.
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How Big Tech made us screen addicts
Gaia Bernstein’s Unwired argues that smart devices are engineered to keep our children hooked. Can we hold the industry to…
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Jack Monroe: “I’m still working through my teenage rebellion”
The food writer and campaigner on her hero parents and belting out “Shout” by Lulu to combat nerves.
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Rachel de Souza: “Big Tech knows it harms children – it should get serious”
The children’s commissioner on social media, porn and the mental health crisis in schools.
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Does Easter mean anything?
In the void we live in, it is worth something to know you are not alone and to love thy…
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Social media is taking a dangerous toll on teenage girls
The evidence is now clear: smartphones are the major cause of the mental illness epidemic among young women.
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Why on earth do you care what Gen Z think of sex scenes in films?
So what if today’s teenagers have views you find irritating and absurd? That’s part of being young.
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Frank Turner: “Stop asking musicians about politics”
The punk rock singer on indie venues in crisis, his transgender father and songs inspired by Keir Starmer.
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There’s no point pretending we can stop teenagers watching porn
The question is how to respond. What does it say about sex education if no one is explaining to boys…
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The Molly Russell verdict proves it – social media must be regulated
A ruling has found social media companies played a part in the death of a British teenager. Intervention must be…
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Euphoria offers a much-needed, fresh perspective on mental health problems in teenage girls
For 22 hours Rue has been entombed in her duvet watching Love Island. Time slips into nothingness, but Ian Stirling’s…
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Skam, interrupted: why is the phenomenally popular teen drama ending before its peak?
The show has been building towards high school graduation – but now it’s ending before its lead characters finish school.
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