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...

A 2023 study from Karnataka found that 86% of adolescents preparing for competitive exams reported high academic stress, and nearly 29% showed moderately high anxiety levels. I see this in my own practice every exam season: a steady stream of parents,...