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.

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

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

Illinois already spends a fortune on mental health services for students, and plans to spend more. It won't help.

Illinois will screen all students for mental health issues, despite evidence that universal programs school-based programs don't improve mental health or academic outcomes.

Boys growing up without a father -- and there are more of them -- have few male role models.

Connection leads to happiness. Covid rules isolated teens. "My friends were untouchable, unreachable, masked."

Programs designed to improve students' mental health made things worse in the long run, reports a study in England.

Telling students they're "broken" is a bad message.

A young woman is suing "gender affirming care" providers for starting her on drugs and surgery at age 12.

Young Americans are less patriotic than older generations.

More than 3 percent of high school students identify as transgender, more than double the number a few years ago.

British mother persuaded teens to go smartphone-free for a month, then camp out for the weekend on their own.

Teens aren't quite as sad or suicidal as they were in 2021, reports the CDC, but violence, bullying and school avoidance are up.

Mental health awareness campaigns aimed at teenagers may backfire, writes Ellen Barry in the New York Times. While the truly troubled may...

Young children are becoming digital addicts, hooked on fast-paced scrolling, swiping and mini-rewards designed into platforms such as...

Phone-centered childhood is a disaster, writes Jonathan Haidt in The Atlantic. In the early 2010s, "adolescents in rich countries traded...

Four years ago, schools across the country closed their doors. It was supposed to be for two weeks or three or . . . Most schools stayed...

Nearly all public schools offer some type of counseling, mental health or "wellness" lessons, writes Abigail Shrier in Free Press. But...