There remains some mystery around what life was like in the 1800s, especially for teens. Most people alive today were not around in the Victorian era when the technologies now deemed old-fashioned were a novelty. In this rediscovered 1970s clip from the BBC, two elderly women reminisce about what it was like being teenagers during …
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TikTok sets time limit of 60 minutes for teens. The move could create mindful social media use.
TikTok has been on the minds of teens and adults alike over the past few years. During the pandemic, the video social media app helped bored teens and adults pass the time learning viral dances or doing internet challenges. But recently, it has come under more scrutiny for security concerns as well as mental health …
Vaping Tobacco or Weed Appears Tied to Higher Anxiety in Teens
By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, March 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For decades, people turned to cigarettes in times of stress. Now, a preliminary study hints that young people are using vaping in the same way. The study, of nearly 2,000 U.S. teenagers and young adults, found that those who vaped nicotine or marijuana …
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Cutting Down on Social Media Brings Quick Boost to Teens’ Self-Image
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Feb. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — All those images of beautiful-looking people on social media can deflate a young person’s self-image, but there may be an easy fix: limiting time spent on TikTok, Instagram and the like. A new Canadian study finds that teens and young adults who already …
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Teens were challenged to dial a number on a rotary phone in under 4 minutes. Could they do it?
The rotary phone was ubiquitous until the late ‘80s when they were replaced by push-button telephones. Then, at the turn of the millennium, those were rendered obsolete by smartphones. So anyone born in the late 1990s may have never encountered a rotary phone, even though they were in everyone’s houses for decades. It’s been years …
Happy, Loved Teens Become Heart-Healthier as Adults
By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Jan. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — When teenagers feel good about themselves and their lives, it may also do their hearts good in the long run, a new study suggests. Researchers found that teenagers who generally felt happy, optimistic and loved went on to show better cardiovascular health in …
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Simulated Driving Program Helps Teens With ADHD Be Safer on the Road
Dec. 29, 2022 — Nadia Tawfik was 17 years old when she got her first car. Two months later, Tawfik was following behind her mother’s car when her mother continued driving straight and she made a fast decision to go a different way and make a left-hand turn. The light was green but there was …
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Millennials And Gen X Are Sharing How They Had Fun As Teens Before The Internet, And Now, I Feel 10,000 Years Old
“The anticipation!!! I can feel it! Seconds ticking by, hand hovering over the phone receiver! One tiny blip of a ring — SNATCH!! And somehow out of breath from all that anxiety when you said ‘hello.’” View Entire Post › Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/alicelahoda/teens-pass-time-pre-internet
‘Jan 6 False Flag: Berlin’: Conspiracists think German coup plot was invented to distract from immigrant stabbing two teens
On Wednesday, German authorities arrested more than two dozen people for allegedly plotting a coup. The accused purportedly belong to the far-right terrorist group, Reichsbürger, which has been linked to QAnon and whose members include many former soldiers. Prosecutors say Reichsbürger planned to attack Parliament to free it from the “deep state,” and install Heinrich …
Pediatrician is changing the way we think about teens with 'lighthouse parenting' tips
As a parent of teens, I often wonder: Why didn’t anyone tell me it would be like this? I don’t mean the warnings and complaints about how challenging the teen years are. I don’t mean all of the “just you wait” admonitions. I don’t mean the cliches and memes. What I want to know is …
Ron DeSantis’ Brief Stint Teaching High School Reportedly Included Him Being ‘Hostile’ Towards Black Students, Partying With Teens, And Arguing About The Civil War
Getty Image Ron DeSantis might be president one day. Maybe not in the wake of the 2024 election, but one day. He’ll almost certainly continue to be Florida’s governor, even if he won’t commit to spending all four years in office. Still, he has a dodgy track record, and a new report by The New …
Netflix’s ‘Unsolved Mysteries’: How Did A Teen’s Train-Track Death Really Happen?
Netflix Netflix’s Unsolved Mysteries returned this week to deliver more O.G. true-crime vibes for the streaming audience. The series will grow more supernatural with the second episode, but the first one takes a grounded approach to dealing with a real-life crime and considers whether an 18-year-old volleyball star, Tiffany Valiante of New Jersey, took her …
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