Starting substance use early—especially alcohol, nicotine, or cannabis—increases the likelihood of addiction later in life ( ...

In the field of paediatrics, the concept of normal (ie, typical)—in contrast to different, special, deviant, delayed, or ...

Children ages 2 to 18 spend up to nine hours a day on screens. Research shows that excessive use can lead to health problems, ...

Against a backdrop of escalating geopolitical tension and widening social divides, global leaders at the Second World Summit for Social Development on Tuesday adopted the Doha Political Declaration, ...

Even though the start of the show leads viewers to expect a classic whodunit story, by the end of Episode One it becomes clear that the show is far more concerned with the motivations behind such a ...

Therapy doesn’t promise a stress-free life, but it gives kids a stable emotional core and inner steadiness that makes bouncing back possible.

Most of us know what it's like to be a teenager at school—and how it feels to fit into (or fall outside of) a school's social ...

Social change movement 36 Months is urging brands to support Australian teens this summer as the nation’s new social media ...

Today’s teens are drinking and smoking less, but many are spending more time online, where risky behaviors can be harder for ...

But even the lowest users of social media, kids who used it just a single hour a day or less, still scored lower, too, by an ...

Spending too much time on social media might be hurting how children think, remember, and learn. A new study published in the ...

Longitudinally increasing patterns of social media use in children was linked to lower cognitive performance 2 years later.