Jim Liebelt

Nearly two in five children have used a tablet or smartphone before they could speak in full sentences, according to a new report.

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From texting and checking social media to changing music and talking with friends, teens admit to driving distracted at a much higher rate than...

Regular exercise boosted teens’ exam results in a U.K. study, findings that suggest getting the recommended hour of daily physical activity might...

New research shows that in adolescence, critical social skills that are needed to feel concern for other people and understand how they think are...

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Facebook has announced it is loosening its privacy policies for teenagers, allowing minors to share information publicly on the social network.

A new University of Texas at Austin study reveals that teens for whom puberty begins early and who have rapid pubertal development are at greater...

Twitter has overtaken Facebook as the most popular social network among US teens, according to a new survey.

A new report from Juniper Research has projected that by 2017, a quarter of a billion people will use their mobile or tablet device to access adult...

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A new study finds almost one in 10 adolescents report perpetrating coerced sexual contact.

Eating five meals a day - breakfast, lunch, dinner and two snacks - protects children against obesity, according to new research.

The ways parents or caregivers interact with children around mealtimes can have unintended consequences, according to a new study.

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Boys and girls who start dating at a young age are disrupting the typical pattern of teenage romantic development and may have more school and...

It's the latest weight loss craze among American teens striving to emulate the models they see in magazines: the "thigh gap", in which slender...

The Millennial generation is unemployed and frustrated.