When school’s out, children and teenagers are increasingly to be found using their mobile phone, according to a new Disney Mobile Cell and Tell survey by Harris Interactive. Teen and tween cell phone use in the summer jumps to more than 3 hours and 45 minutes a day, an increase […]
Teenagers
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If you’re looking for a reason why teenagers suffer with mood swings, researchers may have found the answer: Researchers have discovered that a hormone produced by the body in response to stress, which normally calms adults and younger children, instead increases anxiety in adolescents. They conducted experiments with female mice […]
The MySpace MyKids project is a new user-friendly website designed to familiarize parents with social networking and help them protect their kids. It’s a powerful educational program for parents who want to not only protect their children, but also better understand and connect with their teens.
The Vanier Institute for the Family has suggested that there are a lot more ‘problem children’ than there were 50 years ago, and the blame goes to… everyone.
A study by Statistics Canada suggests that the rate of teenage motherhood in the country has slowed, with the number of under 20s having a second or third child having halved in the past decade.
The power of social networking sites such as MySpace goes beyond the grave, as online spaces frequented by a large number of teenagers are used as meeting places even after the untimely death of friends. Over half of all teenagers who use the Internet use these types of site, so […]