Teenagers who perceive their parents to be loving and supportive are less likely to be cyberbullies

Teenagers who perceive their parents to be loving and supportive are less likely to be cyberbullies, study shows Study by NYU looked at more than 12,000 survey responses from 2009-2010  Dataset was analysed to see any link between bullying and quality of family life   Found youths with parents who are ‘almost always’ loving are six … Read more

ADHD in teenagers by may be triggered by packaging chemicals

Chemicals commonly used in food packaging, cosmetics, fragrances and pharmaceuticals may trigger ADHD in teenagers, study warns Researchers from the US analysed the behavioural characteristics of 205 teens They identified those with signs of significant behavioural problems or ADHD This data was then compared with chemical analyses of each teen’s urine They found that hormone-system disrupting … Read more

Chemicals used in food packaging, cosmetics, fragrances and medicines may trigger ADHD in teenagers

Chemicals commonly used in food packaging, cosmetics, fragrances and pharmaceuticals may trigger ADHD in teenagers, study warns Researchers from the US analysed the behavioural characteristics of 205 teens They identified those with signs of significant behavioural problems or ADHD This data was then compared with chemical analyses of each teen’s urine They found that hormone-system disrupting … Read more

Britain has the unhappiest teenagers in Europe survey shows

Britain has the unhappiest teenagers in Europe: Fear of failure leaves our young people the most dissatisfied, survey shows More than a third of 15-year-olds in UK scored low of life satisfaction in a survey  Children’s Society’s poll shows UK ranks lowest in Europe for ‘sense of purpose’ Charity says that it believes the findings … Read more

Coronavirus UK: 11 Plymouth teenagers infected on Greek holiday

Up to 30 teenagers in Plymouth could be infected with coronavirus after returning from a holiday in Greece, the city’s council confirmed. Plymouth’s public health team is dealing with a coronavirus outbreak that could involve up to 30 young people who returned from the Greek island Zante last week. At least 11 members of the group, … Read more

Up to 30 Plymouth teenagers may have brought Covid-19 from Greek holiday after 11 tested positive

Up to 30 teenagers in Plymouth could have brought back coronavirus from a holiday in Greece, local health officials said. Plymouth’s public health team is dealing with a coronavirus outbreak that could involve up to 30 young people, who returned from the Greek island Zante last week. At least 11 members of the group, all … Read more

First teenagers to get their hands on freebie child trust fund cash from next month

Next month 55,000 teenagers will get access to Gordon Brown’s freebie trust fund cash: Is your child sitting on a £50,000 windfall? Some 6m children born between 2002 and 2011 were given up to £500  The first of these Child Trust Funds will mature next month Roughly half of teenagers have around £5,000 in the … Read more

Teenagers to get Gordon Brown’s freebie trust fund cash

Next month 55,000 teenagers will get access to Gordon Brown’s freebie trust fund cash: Is your child sitting on a £50,000 windfall? By Amelia Murray And Sylvia Morris For The Daily Mail Published: 22:27 BST, 25 August 2020 | Updated: 22:27 BST, 25 August 2020 From next month, teenagers will receive a windfall worth as … Read more

Nottingham teenagers jailed a total of 20 years for boy’s murder

Two teenagers have been jailed for a total of 20 years after stabbing a 17-year-old boy and leaving him to die in the street in Nottingham.  Ezekiel Clarke was killed in February when he was stabbed several times in the arm, chest, heart, liver and lung during an attack on a street in Radford.   A … Read more

Government U-turn means 1.5million teenagers could get marks equivalent to the old-style A/A* 

Almost one in three GCSE pupils could get top marks today following the exam U-turn fiasco. The proportion with a grade 7 or higher – the equivalent of an old A/A* – is set to rise by almost 30 per cent due to the switch to teacher assessments. This could mean 1.5million grade 7s, 8s … Read more