Category: Teenagers and Adolescence

F.D.A. Opens Door to More Flavored E-Cigarettes

The New York Times – Business:
The agency is proposing allowing other tastes for vapes, like mint, coffees, spices or tea, to appeal to adults. At the same time, illicit candy-flavored types aimed at teenagers have flooded the market.
MrBeast Is Getting Into Financial Services With His Step App. Parents, Pay Attention.

The New York Times – Business:
Beast Industries has acquired a banklike app for young people and could eventually offer a variety of financial services, including crypto.
Instagram to Alert Parents to Teens’ Self-Harm Searches

The New York Times – Business:
Parents will receive notifications if a child has used the platform repeatedly to search for terms related to suicide or self-harm, but users must opt in to get them.
More Than Half of Teens Use Chatbots for Schoolwork, Survey Finds

The New York Times – Business:
A new study from the Pew Research Center finds teens think chatbot-assisted cheating has become “a regular feature of student life.”
Inside the Big Tech Lobbying Machine Aiming to Halt Social Media Bans

The New York Times – Business:
Tech giants, including Meta and Alphabet, are spending lavishly on splashy billboard ads, courting on-the-fence politicians and bulking up their ranks of lobbyists.
The Class Where ‘Screenagers’ Train to Navigate Social Media and A.I.

New technologies are complicating efforts to teach the scrolling generation to think critically and defensively online.
How to Travel Safely With Children and Teens

Experts advise starting conversations about safety about a week before a journey, taking a family photo at the start of each day, and labeling bags and clothes.
Character.AI to Ban Children Under 18 From Using Its Chatbots

The start-up, which creates A.I. companions, faces lawsuits from families who have accused Character.AI’s chatbots of leading teenagers to kill themselves.
Y2K Kids Were the Last to Really Rage With No One Watching

The angst of nu metal is being discovered by Gen Z, but with digital eyes always looming, the ephemeral catharsis of collectively going mad is a thing of the past.
What Happens When Claudia Conway, Maddie Block and Children of Politicians Speak Out

The conversation heats up on social media.
A Campaign to ‘Bring Back Bullying’

On social media, some are arguing that bullying deserves a second look. Trolling or not, the push seems to reflect a general turn away from sensitivity.
Video Games Have Become the Main Way Boys Socialize. Is That Bad?

They’ve become an important way to spend time with peers. But they’ve also become more addictive.