Teenagers

Education
Screen time these holidays doesn't need to be a bad thing
While screen time often gets a bad reputation, helping young people navigate technology mindfully can make summer holidays both safe and socially enriching

Arts & Culture
How to be less of an ‘unc’ and more of a ‘sigma’: Your guide to translating your teenager
Teenagers are our best linguistic innovators, but sometimes it can be hard to understand what they’re talking about

Health & Medicine
Teen brains are wired to take risks, but that can be a good thing
Brain imaging is helping us understand why some teenage risk-taking may be beneficial during this important stage of human development

Sciences & Technology
Analysis
Banning kids from social media? There’s a better way
The Australian government’s plan to ban kids from social media overestimates the tech available to limit access and overlooks the benefits

Arts & Culture
Ancient teens were full of existential angst too
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

Politics & Society
Opinion
Big tech and porn platforms are the real perpetrators behind 'sickening' deepfakes
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

Health & Medicine
Good sleep is key to pre-teen mental health
Improving sleep could be one way to help protect and support a young adolescent’s mental health and wellbeing – with long-lasting benefits

Health & Medicine
Podcast
What will it be like for teenagers of the future?
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

Health & Medicine
Under the Microscope
Re-thinking our definition of adolescence
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

Health & Medicine
Under the Microscope
The importance of your child’s middle years
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