Nearly 8 out of 10 high schoolers, 77% according to the CDC, are not getting the sleep their growing brains and bodies need on an average school night. In my clinic, when I ask parents to describe their teenager in one word, “moody” comes...

A recent survey of American teenagers found something that surprised even me: 44% of teens said they feel more peer pressure to be online and on social media than they do to smoke, skip class, or drink alcohol. Over half said they’ve felt left out...

A study among Indian adolescents preparing for competitive exams found that nearly 87% reported feeling high pressure from their parents, and 86% reported high academic stress overall  numbers that, in my clinic, don’t surprise me at all. What...

A few years ago, internal research conducted by Instagram’s own parent company found something the platform never advertised: roughly a third of teenage girls said that on days they already felt bad about their bodies, scrolling Instagram made that...

Research on adolescent development shows something that surprises most parents: teens can feel deeply emotionally close to their parents while still finding it impossible to talk to them. It’s not a contradiction, it’s actually one of the...