Teenagers

While screen time often gets a bad reputation, helping young people navigate technology mindfully can make summer holidays both safe and socially enriching

Teenagers are our best linguistic innovators, but sometimes it can be hard to understand what they’re talking about

Brain imaging is helping us understand why some teenage risk-taking may be beneficial during this important stage of human development

The Australian government’s plan to ban kids from social media overestimates the tech available to limit access and overlooks the benefits

What you’re going to do with your life is one of the big questions young people grapple with. But rest assured, some of history’s greats went through it too

The AI-generated child sexual abuse deepfakes at a Melbourne school were created by a teenage boy, but we can’t ignore the real perpetrators

Improving sleep could be one way to help protect and support a young adolescent’s mental health and wellbeing – with long-lasting benefits

Psychologist and author Dr Katherine Canobi explores how teenagers respond to technology at a time when social media can help them disguise, or even escape from, reality

Adolescence has changed significantly in the last century. Professor Susan Sawyer is working to improve our understanding of the contemporary complexities of this age group

Far from being a quiet time, a child’s middle years - between ages eight and 12 – can be transformative. But according to Dr Lisa Mundy we need to better understand those changes