Jan 05 Watch 3:12 Why more sleep could help kids do better in school and life By PBS NewsHour Early school start times make kids feel jetlagged every day, says behavioral and social scientist Wendy Troxel. She shares her humble opinion on why it’s time to change kids’ morning routines. Continue watching
Oct 24 What works to educate kids about the dangers of opioid use? By Lora Strum, Vic Pasquantonio A comprehensive approach to drug education that builds students' decision-making, goal-setting and self-management skills may work best. Continue reading
Oct 19 Analysis: Teens are sleeping less. Why? Smartphones By Jean Twenge, The Conversation By 2015, 43 percent of teens reported sleeping less than seven hours a night on most nights – meaning almost half of U.S. teens are significantly sleep-deprived. Continue reading
Oct 03 Watch 9:32 At an innovative high school, students get support battling their addictions while they learn By Mike Fritz, Frank Carlson, Pamela Kirkland Drug use among teenagers in the U.S. is down, but the mortality rate is rising. As part of our series “America Addicted,” the NewsHour’s Pamela Kirkland visited one so-called recovery school in Indianapolis that is giving new hope to students… Continue watching
Oct 02 Column: How to talk to your kids about opioids By Margie Skeer, Tufts University Chances are good that even young teenagers will have heard about opioids and overdose deaths at some point. But Margie Skeer from Tufts University warns that pretending that opioid use is not a problem – or thinking that a child… Continue reading
Aug 16 Heroin overdoses killed 3 times as many teens in 2015 than in 1999 By Synclaire Cruel Drug overdose deaths among teenagers have ticked up after years of decline, according to a new report released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Continue reading
Apr 16 Lawmakers across U.S. move to include young people in voting By Sophia Bollag, Associated Press Lawmakers in more than a dozen states are trying to increase voter participation by targeting young people. Continue reading
Mar 13 As marijuana becomes legal, doctors worry about teen addiction By Christine Vestal, Stateline As marijuana legalization sweeps the nation, physicians and public health officials are sounding alarms about its potentially harmful effects on young people. Continue reading
Mar 06 Why many teens don’t want to get a driver’s license By Tim Henderson, Stateline The share of high school seniors across the country who have a driver’s license dropped from 85.3 percent in 1996 to a record low 71.5 percent in 2015. Continue reading
Nov 03 Watch 3:38 What it’s like to start over after spending your teen years in jail By PBS NewsHour As teenageers, Vaughn Brown and Ivan Mayo were incarcerated at Rikers Island, where they confronted danger from fellow inmates, solitary confinement and their own thoughts. The two have vowed to never go back to jail. But being branded a felon… Continue watching