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Tag Archives: Teenagers and Adolescence
More Americans Are Dying of Drug Overdoses Than Ever Before
Why haven’t we solved the addiction crisis?
In Warsaw Park, Ukraine’s Teen Refugees Hang Out and Hang On
Some fled to Poland’s capital alone. All feel deeply uneasy about the future. For the young Ukrainians packing into Poland’s capital, a park offers a place where they can try to cope, together.
F.D.A. Orders Juul to Stop Selling E-Cigarettes
The agency ruled against the company’s application to stay on the market, a decisive blow to a once-popular vaping brand that appealed to teenagers.
Teens Are Getting Sick From Products With High THC Levels
With THC levels close to 100 percent, today’s cannabis products are making some teenagers highly dependent and dangerously ill.
FINA Restricts Transgender Women From Competing at Elite Level
The international swimming federation said transgender women who had experienced male puberty could not compete in women’s events.
A Medical Frontier
Doctors who provide gender-affirming care are split on how to evaluate teens.
The Battle Over Gender Therapy
More teenagers than ever are seeking transitions, but the medical community that treats them is deeply divided about why — and what to do to help them.
Report Reveals Sharp Rise in Transgender Young People in the U.S.
New estimates based on C.D.C. health surveys point to a stark generational shift in the growth of the transgender population of the United States.
Outcry Over High School Clinic Exposes Deep Divisions on Mental Health
American teenagers are reporting severe levels of anxiety and depression. But when Connecticut moved to expand mental health services in schools, it ran into fierce opposition in one town.
Don’t Referee Every Schoolyard Conflict. Help Kids Learn to Solve Them on Their Own.
When parents interfere too much, children miss out on building an essential life skill.
How to Reach the Next Generation of American Gun Owners
What if we could make firearms less cool, less acceptable, less a part of the supposedly “American way of life”?
Puberty Starts Earlier Than It Used To. No One Knows Why.
Some girls are starting to develop breasts as early as age 6 or 7. Researchers are studying the role of obesity, chemicals and stress.
Top Texas Court Allows Abuse Inquiries of Parents of Transgender Children
But the court said Gov. Greg Abbott did not have the authority to order such investigations, acknowledging they could cause “irreparable harm.”
California Can’t Keep Semiautomatic Guns From Young Adults, Court Rules
A panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rejected a judge’s argument that those under 21 were historically “believed unfit” for “responsible firearm possession and use.”
On the Phone, Alone
We look at the mental health crisis facing adolescents — and the role of digital technology.
Pediatricians Hold the Front Lines of a Mental Health Crisis
Around the country, the setting for adolescent mental health care looks ever more like this doctor’s office in Kentucky, the next patient arriving every 15 minutes.
Hundreds of Suicidal Teens Sleep in Emergency Rooms. Every Night.
With inpatient psychiatric services in short supply, adolescents are spending days, even weeks, in hospital emergency departments awaiting the help they desperately need.
Few Transgender Children Change Their Minds After 5 Years, Study Finds
But the study, which began in 2013, may not fully reflect what’s happening today, when many more children are identifying as trans.
The Rise in Young People Identifying as L.G.B.T.Q.
Readers react to a column by Ross Douthat about culture wars and transgender health care.
Three Opinion Writers on Why the G.O.P. Can’t Stop Saying ‘Gay’
A left-right debate on the overblown gender panic gripping American politics.
Tell Us: What Is It Like to Be 13 Years Old?
The Times is looking for participants for a project on teenage life.
For Alabama’s Only Gay Lawmaker, a Political Defeat Was Deeply Personal
Neil Rafferty’s painful experience as a young man influenced his efforts to block new restrictions on gay and transgender youth. He came up short.
‘It’s Life or Death’: The Mental Health Crisis Among U.S. Teens
Depression, self-harm and suicide are rising among American adolescents. For M, a 13-year-old in Minnesota, the despair was almost too much to take.
Modern Love Podcast: First Love Mixtape, Side B
Listeners from around the world shared their teenage anthems. From Nat King Cole to One Direction, these are the songs that filled their adolescent hearts with longing and passion.
How to Make Sense of the New L.B.G.T. Culture War
There is an enormous gap between what people are willing say in public and what they really think.
As Book Banning Efforts Surge, These 10 Received the Most Challenges
Most of the targeted books are about Black and L.G.B.T.Q. people, according to the American Library Association. The country’s polarized politics has fueled the rise.
Teenagers Report Growing Anxiety. Maybe That’s Rational.
America has been a stressful place lately.
Many Teens Report Emotional and Physical Abuse by Parents During Lockdown
New data on teen mental health during the pandemic suggests that for many, home life was full of stressors like job loss, hunger and even violence.
Omicron Blunted Vaccine Protection Among Adolescents
The vaccines shielded adolescents only against life-threatening Covid, not less severe illness, scientists reported. Still, hospitalizations remained rare in children, compared with adults.
Does Social Media Make Teens Unhappy? It May Depend on Their Age.
A large study in Britain found two specific windows of adolescence when some teenagers are most sensitive to social media.
After Covid, Are You ‘Mask Fishing’?
As some Covid anxieties have receded, teenagers have a new word for the fear of shedding their masks to reveal their faces.
A Police Shooting in West Texas and a Mother’s Search for Answers
More than three weeks after her 14-year-old son was shot to death, Dora Vela is still trying to learn the basic facts of the case.
Kids Are Using Social Media More Than Ever, Study Finds
The report highlights a 17 percent increase in screen use among teens and tweens in the last two years — more than in the four years prior.
12 Teenagers on What They Would Ask Their 40-Year-Old Selves
In a new Times Opinion focus group, teens also talked about their “addiction” to social media and being nervous to speak on sensitive subjects in class.
Modern Love Podcast: Confessions of a Late Bloomer
As a closeted teen, he turned to romantic comedies for connection. Over a decade later, he still feels he’s lagging behind.
Transgender Youths Become a Political Issue in Texas
The transgender youth controversy in Texas; the “Don’t Say Gay” bill in Florida; U.S. policy and North Korea.
Some Teens Are Anxious About Taking Off Their Masks
Whether it’s virus worries, social pressure, shyness or acne, some kids are reluctant to ditch the mask.
‘Turning Red’ Sparks Conversations About Periods and Sexuality
Some parents don’t like its depictions of adolescent rebellion, periods and sexuality, but experts say those topics are appropriate for family discussion.
4 Ways to Support a Child Exploring Their Gender Identity
As Texas’ governor attempts to criminalize medical treatments for transgender youth, experts say there are many ways to help adolescents who are questioning their gender.
How Religious Faith Can Shape Success in School
Boys from working-class families benefit from the social capital that religious belief can provide.
How Medical Care for Transgender Youth Became ‘Child Abuse’ in Texas
A custody battle in the Dallas suburbs amplified a growing conservative cause and helped fuel a move to treat transgender medicine as abuse.
Businesses Assail Texas Move to Classify Care for Trans Teens as ‘Child Abuse’
A new ad signed by dozens of big companies warns, “Discrimination is bad for business.”
New Vaccine Findings Pose Tough Questions for Parents of Young Children
The F.D.A. temporarily halted efforts to authorize the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for young children amid several unexpected findings. The coming weeks should bring clarity.
Texas Youth Gender Clinic Closed Last Year Under Political Pressure
A Texas clinic for transgender adolescents closed last year amid pressure from the governor’s office, hospital officials said in phone recordings.
The Synthetic Nicotine Loophole Fueling a Return to Teenage Vaping
Sales are rising of flavored e-cigarettes using synthetic nicotine that evades regulatory oversight, a gap that lawmakers are now trying to close.
Why Carjacking Is on the Rise Among Teens in America
The crime has made a resurgence across the country over the past two years, and many of those arrested are startlingly young.
Gov. Abbott Pushes to Investigate Treatments for Trans Youth as ‘Child Abuse’
While it’s unclear whether the order could be enforced, medical providers and child welfare advocates condemned the move as dangerous.
More Teenage Girls With Eating Disorders Wound Up in the E.R. During the Pandemic
A new C.D.C. study underscored the mental health issues facing teenagers in the past few years.
TikTok Star Ava Majury Discovers the Dark Side of Fame
Their daughter’s online venture plunged a Florida family into a nightmare, but they decided not to pull the plug.