Tag: teen

Cory Wharton and Cheyenne Floyd are crushing coparenting — but they still have their ups and downs while raising 4-year-old daughter Ryder. Putting the Kids 1st! These Former Celeb Couples Are Crushing Coparenting “It’s not always rainbows and butterflies,” the Michigan native, 30, said on the Thursday, July 23, episode of Us Weekly‘s “Watch With

Shai Eisenman, the CEO and Founder of Bubble, is 29 years old. A founder's age isn't typically on my list of interview questions, but Bubble, a new skin-care company created "with teens, for teens," is all about adolescence.  Eisenman treated me to an early cut of the brand's launch video, which features Jazz Jennings, Laurie

(HealthDay)—For adolescents, understanding the severity of COVID-19 and valuing social responsibility are associated with acting in socially responsible ways, including more social distancing and disinfecting, according to a study published online June 29 in JAMA Pediatrics. Benjamin Oosterhoff, Ph.D., and Cara A. Palmer, Ph.D., from Montana State University in Bozeman, examined psychological factors associated with

Teens: Too old for toys, too young to be delighted by a really nice set of towels. So what do you get the almost-adult in your life? If you’ve asked them and simply received a shrug (or been told “Cash is always nice”), you’re not alone. And, yes, cash is nice, but sometimes it’s also

Teen Mom OG star Taylor Selfridge recently revealed that she and fellow reality star Cory Wharton have suffered a pregnancy loss. But she didn't have a miscarriage—it was the result of a condition called vanishing twin syndrome. “I’m doing just fine. I’m happy, healthy, our baby is healthy,” the expectant mother, who is 19 weeks into her

Concern has been growing over rising rates of self-harm in teenagers. In the UK and Ireland, increases began around the time of the 2008 economic crash and show no sign of slowing. One study of the UK found rates among teenage girls rose by two-thirds between 2011 and 2014. But some surprising new findings suggest

Teen depression is a serious mental health problem that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest in activities. It affects how your teenager thinks, feels and behaves, and it can cause emotional, functional and physical problems. Although depression can occur at any time in life, symptoms may be different between teens and

University Medical Center hosts first-ever honor walk for teen organ donor Raw video: University Medical Center of Southern Nevada hosted its first-ever honor walk for Michael Sigler, an 18-year-old organ donor who was killed in a motorcycle crash. Hundreds lined the halls of a Nevada hospital as an 18-year-old boy who died in a motorcycle accident

Adolescents in developing countries are more likely to make suicide attempts or have suicidal thoughts than those living in high-income countries, a University of Queensland-led study has found. UQ School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences researcher, Associate Professor Asad Khan, said suicide-related issues had become a major public health challenge in low and middle income

What a pair! Cory Wharton posted a father-daughter selfie to Instagram on Monday, March 4, with his 22-month-old baby girl, Ryder. “Early mornings cartoons,” the Teen Mom OG star, 27, captioned the pic. “Sorry you guys I haven’t been posting, I’m super paranoid about my teeth. I hate them I can’t wait to fix them.

When most people think about New Year’s Eve, they think of late nights, loud parties and booze. Lots of booze. The holiday is basically synonymous with Champagne, right? And if you’re the parent of a young child, honestly, there’s no reason to skip the bubbly stuff. But what about if you’re parenting a young adult

THURSDAY, Dec. 27, 2018 — Teens who are often bullied may be left with shrinkage in key parts of their brain, increasing their risk for mental illness, European researchers report. They said such shrinkage eventually appears to create a growing sense of anxiety, even after taking into account the possible onset of other mental health

FRIDAY, Oct. 19, 2018 — Though the maker of Juul e-cigarettes has claimed its product is aimed at adult smokers trying to quit, almost a quarter of the company’s Twitter followers are under 18, a new study finds. And many of these young fans are retweeting the company’s messages, investigators added. The findings are cause

Although studies have shown that alcohol and cannabis misuse are related to impaired cognition in youth, previous studies were not designed to understand this relationship and differentiate whether cannabis use was causal or consequential to cognitive impairment. A new study by researchers at CHU Sainte-Justine and Université de Montréal, published in the American Journal of

"I can’t believe she goes out dressed like that."  "I wish she’d dress more appropriately." "She’s showing off far too much skin." These are all things I’ve heard parents of teenage girls say. I’m still a few years away from that stage with my own daughter, but I’ve seen firsthand how much tension can be

When it comes to teen dating violence, boys are more likely to report being the victim of violence—being hit, slapped, or pushed—than girls. That’s the surprising finding of new research from the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University. Overall, fewer teens are experiencing physical abuse from their dating partners, with five per cent

(HealthDay)—Almost 3 percent of teenagers aged 13 to 18 years have food, weight, and body image issues severe enough to constitute an eating disorder, according to a behavioral health resource posted by The Family Institute at Northwestern University. Early detection offers a treatment advantage, as with all medical and behavioral conditions. However, this can be

A federal judge in Seattle on Tuesday became the latest to block President Donald Trump’s administration from prematurely cutting off funding for science-based programs aimed at reducing teen pregnancy. King County, which includes Seattle, sued after the Department of Health and Human Services decided to end funding two years early for what was supposed to

(HealthDay)—Teen sexting is associated with sexual abuse, with higher victimization in girls and intimate partner violence perpetration in boys, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies, held from May 5 to 8 in Toronto. Kanani E. Titchen, M.D., from the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore in New York City,

Parents and adults spend a lot of time worrying about the influence of friends and peers when it comes to teen substance use – drinking alcohol, binge drinking, marijuana use and other illicit drugs. Is it all about an adolescent’s environment, their friends, peers and family, or is there a genetic component that drives their