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A new survey finds middle- and high-schoolers feel much less engaged in school than they did just last year. Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images hide caption
Survey results: Teens don't feel challenged in school and feel unprepared for future
In 2009, only about half of teens said they used social media every day. By 2022, 95% of teens said they used some social media — and about a third say they use it constantly, a poll from Pew Research Center found. Daniel de la Hoz/Getty Images hide caption
The science is clear that teens can benefit from later school start times, but in Nashville and other communities, it's politically difficult to make the change. PeopleImages/Getty Images hide caption
Science says teens need more sleep. So why is it so hard to start school later?
How to help young people limit screen time — and feel better about how they look
Nearly two years after the FDA issued a policy denouncing the marketing of fruit-flavored vape juice and other vape products to young people, the products are still widely available in stores. But experts hope that could be about to change. Helen H. Richardson/Denver Post via Getty Images hide caption
Writer and health educator Marni Sommer is co-author of A Girl's Guide to Puberty & Periods, which aims to help young people ages 9 to 14 understand the changes that happen in puberty and what to expect when. Grow & Know/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Snapchat is rolling out new parental controls that allow parents to see their teenager's contacts and confidentially report to the social media company any accounts that concern them. A child lies in bed illuminated by the glow of a cell phone. Elva Etienne/Getty Images hide caption
Snapchat's new parental controls try to mimic real-life parenting, minus the hovering
Linnea Sorensen attends Schaumburg High School in Schaumburg, Ill. Now that Illinois allows students to take up to five days off per school year for their mental health, she can stay home when she feels "not fully mentally there." Giles Bruce/Kaiser Health News hide caption
Children play a virtual reality game a Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Live Site set up on February 07, 2022 in Beijing, China. Andrea Verdelli/Getty Images hide caption
Instagram users can now set a reminder to take a break from the app. Users under 18 will see a special prompt encouraging them to turn it on. Instagram hide caption
This 16-year-old got a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 shot late last month at the UCI Health Family Health Center in Anaheim, Calif. Students as young as 12 are now eligible to get the vaccine, too, the FDA says. Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images hide caption
North Carolina says it is taking action against e-cigarette companies it alleges target their products at children. Steven Senne/AP hide caption
A 15-year-old in Cambridge, Mass., shows off her vaping device in 2018. Schools and health officials across the U.S. are struggling to curb what they say is an epidemic of underage vaping. Steven Senne/AP hide caption
Chevrolet's new Buckle to Drive feature, available on some 2020 models, is set when the vehicle is in Teen Driver mode. John F. Martin for Chevrolet hide caption
14-year-old Caydden Zimmerman has been living in a homeless shelter in Boise, Idaho, for a couple of months with his 11-year-old brother and his grandma. About 2.5 million children in America are homeless. Amanda Peacher/Boise State Public Radio hide caption
Trying Not To Break Down — A Homeless Teen Navigates Middle School
In Maine, a teenager serves ice cream at a Dairy Queen for the summer. But data show teens' participation in the labor force is on the decline, and it has been for decades. Jill Brady/Press Herald via Getty Images hide caption
In a study of nearly 5,600 U.S. youths ages 12 to 17, about 6 percent say they've engaged in some sort of digital self-harm. More than half in that subgroup say they've bullied themselves this way more than once. Jasmin Merdan/Getty Images hide caption
When teens step out of their comfort zone to help people they don't know, they feel confident. Hero Images/Getty Images/Hero Images hide caption
In both urban and rural areas, about 40 percent of women surveyed were currently married to a member of the opposite sex. Only about 30 percent of the rural women of childbearing age had no children, versus roughly 41 percent of urban women. Westend61/Getty Images hide caption
When exercise and diet aren't enough, some parents consider stomach-reduction surgery for obese teens. Roos Koole/Getty Images hide caption