Teens

Youth Mental Health

The mental health of high school students continues to improve from the lows of the COVID-19 pandemic

Philly teens can learn about money from Wharton faculty and Goldman Sachs pros at a free financial literacy summit

With school out, Philly teens say they need more places to build community and stay safe

Schools third spaces

Bucks County parents charged with serving alcohol to 150 teens at Halloween party

Parents alcohol minors

Drinking soda linked to higher risk of anxiety in adolescents, study finds

Soda Mental Health

Philly's new youth-run thrift store lets teens use clothing to explore their identities

Fab Youth Philly

Sleeping in on weekends may benefit teenagers' mental health

Teenagers Sleep Depression

Philly teens can get free Planet Fitness memberships this summer and reap the many benefits of resistance training

New Jersey attorney general sues Discord app for ‘alarming’ security lapses

NJ AG Matt Platkin

Teen romance book by Bucks County native reimagines 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' in Philadelphia

While We're Young

Woman faces charge of making false report about teen with gun on Wildwood boardwalk, prompting evacuation

Wildwood Boardwalk Gun

Ocean City leaders say police need more power in wake of boardwalk stabbing

Ocean City Police

Motorcyclist fatally struck by stolen vehicle driven by teen in North Philly

Motorcycle Crash Feltonville

16-year-old driver crashes SUV on Roosevelt Boulevard, killing teen passenger

roosevelt boulevard car crash

Teens at Deptford Mall must be accompanied by adult chaperones on weekend evenings under new policy

Deptford Mall teen chaperone

Children's Health

Online racism can lead to PTSD symptoms among Black adolescents, study finds

Cyberbullying Mental Health Black Teens

Children's Health

Cancer death rate among kids and teens has declined by 24%, CDC says

Less than half of children with mental health disorders receive treatment, study finds

Four 15-year-olds identified as West Chester Railroad locomotive vandals

West Chester Railroad locomotive vandals

Police seek teens who vandalized West Chester Railroad locomotive

West Chester Railroad

This weekend, Ocean City enacts new curfew for minors, backpack ban on boardwalk

Ocean City Curfew Beaches

Ocean City steps up enforcement against 'drunken teens' after Memorial Day weekend incidents

Ocean City Curfew

Children's Health

Teens should be trained on social media before creating accounts, APA says

Social Media Guidelines Teens

'Beyond Magenta,' Susan Kuklin's profile of 6 trans teens, has become one of the most banned books in America

Beyond Magenta Kuklin

Philadelphia high school students plan climate strike for Friday

student climate strike

Fashion District mall to prohibit unsupervised teens from entering after 2 p.m.

Fashion District Teens

Juvenile crowd causes disturbances in Center City, leaves police officer injured

Center City teen crowd

Eating disorders among teens have more than doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic

Eating disorders teens

Sea Isle City adopts curfew for teens, bans backpacks on beaches after 10 p.m. this summer

Sea Isle City Curfew

Philadelphia City Council passes permanent 10 p.m. curfew for teens

Philly curfew teens

Hospitalizations for eating disorders still higher than pre-COVID

Hospitalizations for eating disorders on rise

Police seek to identify 100 juveniles who vandalized Mayfair Wawa

Wawa Mayfair Vandalized

Planet Fitness offers free gym memberships to high school students this summer

Eagles creating girls flag football league in bid to get sport sanctioned by PIAA

Eagles Girls Flag Football

Montgomery County high school athletic trainer allegedly supplied teens alcohol before fatal DUI crash

Pottstown Martin Teens DUI

Bucks County hunter gets prison for fatally shooting teen at Nockamixon State Park

Heller Nockamixon Kutt Shooting

Bucks County teen treated at CHOP for venomous snake bite at High Rocks Park

Copperhead Snake Bucks County

Vaping marijuana may be worse for teens than using e-cigarettes or smoking

Vaping marijuana

Fatal opioid overdoses in young people often involve abuse of multiple drugs

opioid overdose multiple drugs

Police seek public help in solving Bucks County teen's death at Lake Nockamixon

Jason Kutt

Philadelphia to offer paid online work for youth this summer through WorkReady

Workready jobs program digitization

Even teens with mild mental distress have increased suicide risk, study finds

Teens at risk of suicide

Juul pitches locked e-cigarette that blocks underage users

Juul Age Lock FDA

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