The state's attorney general seeks to define any sexual contact between youths as rape.

The social media platform has become the psychiatrist's couch for Gen Z

Sex education programs are particularly valuable in cities with large low-income and minority youth populations

"Lesbian" was the most popular search term

By Amy Benfer

Talk magazine peddles hardcore porn from the mouths of babes.

Republicans pushing to ease child labor laws echo older justifications made decades ago

MTV used to show music videos: Now it offers kids an almost constant stream of torrid teens, hot sex and whipped-cream bikinis.

Female protagonists are forging a new way in contemporary young adult fiction

As a pediatrician, I'm often asked about the effects of technology on kids. Here's what parents should know

Salon talks to the creator of the "How to Be a Girl" podcast about parenting, school, playdates and the future

As a parent and a psychiatrist, Dr. Lynn Ponton has daily encounters with the danger and exhilaration that accompany adolescence. Teenage risk is scary, she says, but it is also a developmental necessity.

Dykes say, "Let the meltdown begin!"

Abstinence-only education is being blamed for a rise in teen pregnancy. But is that the only culprit?

In the past, kids couldn’t wait to get their driver’s licenses. Now? Not so much