Two decades ago, Rosalind Wiseman defined teen-girl dynamics and inspired Tina Fey’s cult classic movie. Now she helps the adult women who can’t escape high school.
Category: Teenagers and Adolescence
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New York City Is Offering Free Online Therapy to Teens: Will it Work?
The city’s $26 million contract with Talkspace makes mental health care very accessible. But some worry it is ‘a Band-Aid’ at a time of crisis.
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Teenage Vaping Declines This Year, Survey Says
The annual tobacco use survey given to middle and high school students revealed a decrease among older teenagers for the first time in several years.
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Gen Z Americans Embrace Nostalgia With Miffy, the Dutch Bunny
Hordes of young adults in North America are embracing joy and childhood nostalgia with Miffy, a poker-faced, fictional, Dutch bunny.
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Illicit Vapes and E-Cigarettes Flood Stores as F.D.A. Struggles to Combat Imports
Some vapes are appearing with increasing nicotine levels that approach those in a carton of cigarettes. U.S. regulators did not authorize them, but have failed to keep them off shelves.
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Minnesota Teenagers, Looking for Trouble
A teenager tries to break out of the usual routine before school starts up again.
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2000s Tween Pop Is Back. (Thank Disney Channel and Nickelodeon Nostalgia.)
From Disney Channel bops to Nickelodeon theme songs, tween pop from the 2000s is proving to be an unironic draw at parties across the country.
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Homecoming Mums, Part of a Texas Tradition, Are Bigger Than Ever
The elaborate adornments have come a long way since the days of simple chrysanthemum corsages.
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Ban or Embrace? Colleges Wrestle With A.I.-Generated Admissions Essays.
A.I. chatbots could facilitate plagiarism on college applications or democratize student access to writing help. Or maybe both.