In the hundreds of hours I spent interviewing young people, I began to think of every teen love story as a mental health ...

Every generation gets a handful of “coming of age” films to hold on to as they do the same. Kids of the eighties got such ...

Australia, neighbourhoods pulsed with neighborly connection — a stark contrast to today’s soaring rates of loneliness. As ...

Modern life is digital. Adults need to help young people navigate the costs and benefits, not launch bans and hope for the best.

Parenting teenagers can feel like a rollercoaster ride in the dark, with frequent plunges from joyful highs to unexpected lows. We worry about their wellbeing and with good reason. NHS England’s ...

Whatever summer temperature it is where the average person’s mind begins to warp and melt in the general heat-haze, “The Virgin of the Quarry Lake” is set permanently to that exact degree. You can ...

I received an unexpected phone call from a cherished family friend, someone I hadn’t met in 17 long years. Our last interaction ha ...

A floater friend is someone who knows people but doesn’t have close, lasting connections with any of them. There are ways to ...

The action follows a Trump administration order seeking to halt federal support of gender transition care for those under 19.

Suspect,” Gina Tron’s new memoir of her student days in Barre, presents a disturbing, honest and, for me, uncomfortably ...

Chalkbeat takes a close look at the faltering post-pandemic push to reengage teens and young adults not in school, college, ...

While they're not the answer to all of life's problems, pets can assist their human companions with multiple emotional and mental challenges.