Schools have more freedom to discipline students, but how should they use it?

Kids need more time for independent play. Should that include free play online?

Why do so many Ivy League students identify as mentally ill?

Schools should set and enforce rules of conduct -- not try to double as mental-health clinics.

Starting school later helps kids get more sleep and do better -- but why are so many on their phones after midnight?

Kids need opportunities to play with friends in real life.

Young people in English-speaking countries are increasingly unhappy, while the rest of the world is more cheerful.

Is it really true that "anyone can homeschool?"

Is there an "epidemic" of severe autism -- or a surge in diagnoses for quirky kids?

Kids are safer outside exploring the world.

"Mindfulness" degrees are popular, despite evidence it makes students calmer but less inclined to think, plan and work.

Australia is trying to kick under-16-year-olds off social media.

The younger children are when they get their first smartphone the higher the risk of depression, obesity and poor sleep habits.

At elite universities, growing numbers of students receive special treatment for ADHD, anxiety, depression and other conditions now considered disabilities.

The world offers "beauty, progress and opportunity," not just "hardship and injustice."

To protect teens from digital addiction, parents must take charge.

Parents need to chill. Let kids try things on their own, make mistakes and learn.

As teachers try to get students to "sit down, focus and learn," researchers priorities are equity, justice and identity.

Schools, colleges (and parents) are teaching kids the habits of anxious, depressed people.

School leaders are rebranding "social-emotional learning" as "character education" or other less controversial names, but teaching the same lessons.