OM Yoga & Lifestyle

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When I look back on my teenage years, the first thing I feel is nostalgia: thinking of how reckless and ‘free’ I was fills me with a sadness that I’ll never get that back But I think this is where I’m tripping up. The longer and harder I think on som

Australian Women’s Weekly NZ

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The adolescent brain is a strange and wonderful thing. We tend to think a lot about the impact of what teens are and are not doing – risky behaviour, not wanting to talk or hang out with their parents, and the dreaded ‘peer pressure’ – instead of wha

NPR

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Instagram announced the tools designed for its youngest users and their parents a day before the app's head, Adam Mosseri, testifies to the Senate about Instagram's potential risks to kids and teens.

The Atlantic

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It’s ridiculous to claim that the Covington Catholic schoolboys are a symbol of what ails America.

NPR

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A new study shows students' self-image suffers in middle school and junior high. And it's not just hard on low-income kids. Having a teacher who understands the teenage brain can help.

New Zealand Listener

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Children are, without question, the funniest people on the planet and, as such, indispensable assets in the fight to stay sane during a pandemic. Our neighbour Abby, who’s five, rang our doorbell the other day and handed me a plastic bag filled with

The Atlantic

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In the beginning, the pandemic was a child-care crisis. School was closing today, and then maybe tomorrow. Who would leave work to get the children? Who had to cancel everything? Then it was clear that there wasn’t going to be school, for a week, may

The Christian Science Monitor

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After 18, teens move into a new, widely acknowledged developmental phase called 'emerging adulthood,' putting off traditional markers of the grown-up world such as marriage, children, and home ownership.

NPR

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The new edition is in some ways like the retelling of a familiar tale for a new generation; but parts of the discussion that the book first inspired have moved beyond what an update can encompass.

Fleurieu Living Magazine

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More recently, parenting has become something that many spend time agonising over, reading books, trying hard to do right and wishing to make amends for the wrongs personally suffered. We all fall short sometimes and have been quick to point out our

The Atlantic

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A new book explores the dynamics of popularity, and the ways our high-school selves stay with us far beyond the teenage years.

Futurity

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While the US birth rate hasn’t changed for teenage girls in the last two generations, researchers have found that teenage parenthood has changed over time. The researchers analyzed parenthood, education, and income statistics over a long time span fr

Your Family

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When teens misbehave to the extreme, they’re also missing out on just being kids. They’ve lost the connection to their soft side and cut themselves off from being nurtured. This is often the most devastating aspect of parenting a wayward teen, along

MASK The Magazine

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I’ve been a parent for 24 years, my youngest being 14 years old now. Since I became a parent, I’ve had my time with my kids compromised by divorce, sports, friends, the challenging adolescent years, and by the Gameboy, back in the day. In all those 2

Los Angeles Times

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At a few points in "Eighth Grade," Bo Burnham's sharp, sensitive and enormously affecting new movie, you might feel the urge to snatch the phone out of someone's hand and hurl it against the wall. (No, not the guy texting in the seat next to you, alt

WHO

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Ask yourself, “Is your child’s exercise for their sport, is it joyful, is it something they look forward to, do they take rest days?” says Hanson. “When you start to see a more compulsive side to it, that’s a sign for parents to get help.” “If they

Cruising Helmsman

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OVER the last few months I have been writing regarding the general public’s perception of sailing and how that perception may influence policy that may make it more difficult to enjoy our preferred recreation. In an age where it appears everything ha

NPR

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Stuck at home, with graduations and celebrations canceled, young people are feeling disconnected. Here's how to help them through.

The Australian Women's Weekly

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The adolescent brain is a strange and wonderful thing. We tend to think a lot about the impact of what teens are and are not doing – risky behaviour, not wanting to talk or hang out with their parents, and the dreaded ‘peer pressure’ – instead of wha

Kiplinger

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Without exception, the primary concern for my clients with young children is to manage their inheritance so the children still strive for achievement rather than dwell in entitlement. My first question is just what they are doing now to instill those

St. Louis Magazine

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Last March, Abby Siess and Caroline Rahal were nearing the end of their freshman year at Westminster Christian Academy when their calendars changed dramatically. “At first, we were excited-we got another week of spring break,” recalls Siess, “but the

Futurity

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An expert has tips to help your teens navigate social distancing at home. Compared to young children, teenagers and young adults living and learning at home during the COVID-19 crisis may be feeling the loss of social connections and life experiences

Cairns Vibrance

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Teenage Wellbeing was a verbatim theatre project, supported by a RADF Major Round Grant, that was designed to encourage dialogue about and explore adolescent development. Fifteen teenagers from different high schools around Cairns were invited to par

NEXT

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If we are every age we have ever been, then for much of my life I have been stuck in my stinky gothic phase. So, about 15, I guess. This manifests in a loathing for authority, inability to pay parking fines, sulking, difficulty in finishing things, w

MASK The Magazine

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How many of us get that glazed look and a shrug from our kids when we ask, “How was your day?” How many of us have endured closed doors, ear buds and secretive behaviors as our teenager struggles to claim their independence? I came from a large farm

Pick Me Up

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Cathy Wassell is a business coach and owner of Socially Contented. She’s also an autism advocate and the founder of Teen Calm, a subscription box for anxious teens (teencalm.co.uk). Q Last year I went on holiday with the girls and I cheated on my boy

Your Family

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Is your child always hungry? Are you buying them bigger clothes and shoes every six months? They may be going through a growth spurt. Prepare yourself emotionally and financially for the next two to three years, because growth spurts can last that lo

MASK The Magazine

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As I reflect on my kids, now young adults, I am so very blessed to have watched them evolve in every sense of the word. It has been a rollercoaster of love and anger, appreciation and entitlement, accomplishment and failure…but through it all, they a

Futurity

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High school students who attended school remotely during the pandemic reported lower levels of social, emotional, and academic well-being, according to a new study. The findings held even when researchers accounted for factors like gender, race and e

Best Self Magazine

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— Ever been on a road trip with a baby or toddler and stuck on what to do? If so, I’m sure you have experienced your own stresses and challenges. But it doesn’t have to be that way! Here are 5 tips on how to make the most of a car trip with young chi