In 2018, youth activism became synonymous with the gun control movement created by Florida high school students, who survived a mass shooting that killed 17 people.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students made headlines for months after t…
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Teen debit card Current now acts like a real bank account
Current, the app-controlled teen debit card that’s managed by parents, is starting to look more like a bank. Today, the startup announced it’s now adding to its debit account for teens support for routing and account numbers. That means working teens will be able to direct-deposit to their Current account their paychecks from after-school and […]
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Welcome to Small Humans, an ongoing series at Mashable that looks at how to take care of – and deal with – the kids in your life. Because Dr. Spock is nice and all, but it’s 2018 and we have the entire internet to contend with.
There were two words that weren’t mentioned at all during the entire 18 years I attended schools in the UK. Mental health. Come to think of it, mental illness wasn’t mentioned either. Thankfully for the next generation of young people, that will change.
The government recently announced the introduction of mental health lessons in schools along with “mental health support teams” who will work with young people in schools to help them measure their own mental wellbeing. A recently published green paper outlined the government’s plans to make mental health education a compulsory component of the curriculum in state-funded schools and colleges. By 2025, every school and college in England will have a “designated lead” trained to spot mental health issues in students. Suicide prevention charity Samaritans expressed support for the move, stating that “learning to deal with your emotions is as important as learning to read and write.” Read more…
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The anatomy of the niche teen Instagram meme
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Not all memes are relatable. In fact, the best ones are the opposite.
The niche meme community has spread like UNIF-brand wildfire on Instagram, with dozens of mostly teenage users posting personalized collage memes every day. (Think starter packs.) These posts aren’t meant to make you think “that’s me,” at least not in the usual way. Instead, they provide highly specific glimpses into the life of a particular memer.
A niche memer might post about someone in one of their high school classes, a person they saw at the grocery store, their life at school — even a human archetype they’ve come up with themselves. Read more…
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Pew: A majority of U.S. teens are bullied online
A majority of U.S. teens have been subject to online abuse, according to a new study from Pew Research Center, out this morning. Specifically, that means they’ve experienced at least one of a half-dozen types of online cyberbullying, including name-calling, being subject to false rumors, receiving explicit images they didn’t ask for, having explicit images […]
View More Pew: A majority of U.S. teens are bullied onlineGoogle’s parental control software Family Link expands to teens
Google’s parental control software for mobile devices, Family Link, will now help parents of teenagers, too. The company announced this morning the addition of new features aimed at parents of children over the age of 13. Perhaps the most controversial choice Google has made with this expansion is that teens can choose to turn off […]
View More Google’s parental control software Family Link expands to teensHow one newspaper is helping kids during a teen suicide epidemic
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During the past several years, my colleagues at the Deseret News have researched, reported, and highlighted the challenges of America’s growing suicide and opioid epidemic.
Like many journalists around the country, we discovered that the gut-wrenching stories of promising lives ended in tragedy were all too common. In our state, it was particularly severe: between 2007 and 2015, the youth suicide rate nearly quadrupled, with 44 teens in Utah dying by suicide in 2015. Preliminary data shows that 42 died by suicide in 2017. One high school alone experienced seven suicides in one year.
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View More How one newspaper is helping kids during a teen suicide epidemicTeens know social media is manipulative, but they still use it more than ever
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Whoa, the teens really are woke.
The organization Common Sense Media released a research report on Monday that aims to paint a picture of the role that social media plays in teens’ lives. Entitled ‘Social Media, Social Life,’ the survey covered topics like how much and what kinds of social media teens use, as well as how they feel about these apps, how social media makes them feel about themselves, how it affects their relationships, and more.
Teens’ social media use has increased by 36 percentage points since 2012. Unsurprisingly, their favorite apps are Snapchat and Instagram (Facebook is for communicating “with my grandparents” — not even parents, now… ouch). Read more…
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How 4 teens took on bullying — and won
Natalie Hampton, Sanah Jivani, Peyton Klein, and Tori Taylor share one thing in common: They all experienced or witnessed bullying as teens.
As they tried to make sense of what they’d personally endured or watched others live through, the four …
The FDA is coming for Juul
The e-cigarette company Juul is believed to have used marketing strategies to target teens. Read more…More about Mashable Video, Teens, Fda, E Cigarettes, and Juul
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This is You Won’t Regret It, a new weekly column featuring recommendations, tips, and unsolicited advice from the Mashable culture team.
Perhaps you’re familiar with “finstas,” the secondary Instagram accounts used primarily by Teens™ to post photos they don’t want to share on their primary accounts. (The word “finsta” is a portmanteau of “fake” and “Insta.”)
Finstas can house a wide variety of pics, from shitposts to risqué selfies to hyper-specific memes the user only wants their best friends to see. They’re generally private, with highly curated followings — it’s not uncommon for finsta accounts to only have 10-15 followers. Unless you’ve been invited to follow someone’s finsta, it’s generally impossible to tell who the account belongs to. It’s essentially a secret, unfiltered Instagram oasis. Read more…
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View More The case for having a ‘finsta’ as an adultA majority of U.S. teens are taking steps to limit smartphone and social media use
It’s not just parents who are worrying about their children’s device usage. According to a new study released by Pew Research Center this week, U.S. teens are now taking steps to limit themselves from overuse of their phone and its addictive apps, like social media. A majority, 54% of teens, said they spend too much […]
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