Teenagers

instagram teen account

Instagram rolls out Teen Accounts, putting restrictions on users under 18

Teenagers who are depressed are twice as likely to vape, study shows

Teen Vaping Depression

Social media bans could deny teenagers mental health help

Social Media Age Bans

Children's Health

Teen mental health is improving, but there is still progress to be made, CDC report shows

teen mental health cdc

North Wildwood enacts teen curfew, bans big beach umbrellas

North Wildwood curfew

Children's Health

Later bedtimes, irregular sleep habits linked to lower grades for high school students, study finds

Sleep teenagers grades

Pennsylvania House committee passes bill targeting youth social media use

Social media youth safety bill Brian Munroe

How many siblings teens have may affect their mental health, study finds

siblings mental health

8 Abington Senior High School students arrested for fighting, police say

Abington High Fight

Philly among cities embracing curfews for teens, though they might not curb crime

Philly teen curfew law

Shooting at East Oak Lane playground injures 5 teenagers

East Oak Lane mass shooting

Family-Friendly

World's largest bounce house comes to the Navy Yard next month

Big Bounce America

Wildwood considers one-hour earlier curfew to solve problem of rowdy teens

Wildwood Teen Curfew

Planet Fitness offers free summer gym memberships to high school students

Neshaminy Mall Carnival adopts chaperone policy for teens to eliminate 'unacceptable behavior'

Neshaminy Mall Carnival

Should teens need parental consent to open social media accounts? Some Pennsylvania lawmakers think so

Social Media Parental Consent

15-year-old shot and killed near Simon Gratz High School, police say

Simon Gratz Student Shot

Royersford Chick-fil-A bans kids from restaurant over 'unacceptable behavior'

Chick-fil-A Ban Minors

Children's Health

High school athletes are more likely to vape than their peers, despite making otherwise healthy choices

YouTube is more disruptive to teen sleep than other popular apps, researchers say

Youtube teen sleep

Three people shot near Kensington elementary school playground overnight, police say

Kensington Elementary Shooting

Four teens injured in North Philadelphia birthday party shooting, police say

Birthday Party Shooting

Teen Arts Fest at Glen Foerd to feature crafts, food and games

Teen Arts Fest Glen Foerd

Philadelphia recruits future lifeguards at summer pop-up pool events for teens

Philly Lifeguard Shortage

Young people who drink alone are more likely to develop alcoholism later in life, study shows

Drinking alone

New Jersey teenagers can now work longer hours during summer months

New Jersey Minors Job

Philly's public high schools will not start later in the fall

School District Start Times

New Jersey high schools should start later to give teens much-needed sleep, lawmakers say

New Jersey School Start Times

Is social media harmful to teens' mental health? Not necessarily, study finds

Social Media Mental Health

Philly's public high schools will start later next year in effort to help students in class

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An influx of adolescent girls have sought emergency treatment for mental health conditions during COVID, CDC finds

Emergency Department

Hero Wawa employee performs life-saving CPR on woman at Millville store

Wawa Millville CPR

Personalized screenings may help detect teens at risk of suicide, researchers say

Teen Suicide Risk

Children's Health

Teenagers at higher risk for COVID-19 than young children, CDC finds

Children COVID-19 risk

Teens want COVID-19 advice that gives them safe ways to socialize – not just rules for what they can’t do

COVID-19 Guidelines Teenagers

Discussing risky sex could cut STI rates significantly, new U.S. guidelines say

Counseling for STIs

Vaping increases COVID-19 risk among teens, young adults, Stanford study finds

Vaping COVID-19

Philadelphia to offer paid online work for youth this summer through WorkReady

Workready jobs program digitization

Discussing mutual strengths can improve parent-teen communication

Parent-teen communication

Children's Health

Many doctors aren't addressing safe sex, driver readiness with teens who have a history of ADHD

Health risks among Teens with ADHD

Most parents think teenagers spend too much time gaming – but not their own kids

Teen Video Game habits

Why teen depression rates are rising faster for girls than boys

Eating junk food may lead to depression in teens

Depression Junk Food

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