Regular social media use during early adolescence is linked to weaker reading and vocabulary development over time, new ...

Regular social media use across early adolescence is related to worse reading and vocabulary development over time, according ...

A new study published in the Journal of Affective Disorders provides evidence that while depression in early adolescence is ...

The brain is like a muscle. The more you use it, the more it changes according to however you’re using it,” said the study ...

At what age does an adolescent start thinking as an adult? A new study published this week in Nature Communications presents some of the first definitive evidence that executive function—a set of ...

This summer, many parents find themselves caught between excitement and anxiety as they help their college-bound children prepare for the next chapter in their lives. There’s the practical preparation ...

The brain develops in spurts throughout childhood and adolescence, but not much is understood about the process. To disentangle this complicated puzzle surrounding one of the body’s most mysterious ...

New research suggests that everyday “forever chemicals” may quietly affect children’s bone development long before adulthood.

Suggested Citation: "5 Introduction." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. The Promise of Adolescence: Realizing Opportunity for All Youth. Washington, DC: The National ...

Note: This post uses“LGBTQ+” and “queer” interchangeably as umbrella terms for people with non-cisgender and heterosexual identities. Many LGBTQ+ adults did not get the adolescence our cisgender, ...