This was on the dining room table when I got up. My kid gets up to some wild antics late at night.

Video of 'disgusting' youth disturbance in Big W fuels police probe
By Georgie Burgess

Tasmania Police is investigating a disturbance that broke out yesterday at a department store in Hobart's northern suburbs, as a video of the affray emerges.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-16/big-w-youth-disturbance-in-tasmania/105183828

#Poll #Teachers #Teenagers

Do you agree with this statement

“Many Teenagers between the ages 13 - 17 become little hellions.”

The mental health program helping teens to survive and thrive
By Danielle Kutchel

Young Australians face a high mental health burden, but a program in regional Victoria is equipping teens with the skills to save lives in a crisis.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-09/live4life-mental-health-program-helping-teens/105101614

Kids under 16 will need parental consent to livestream on Instagram
Instagram users under 16 won't be able to livestream or unblur nudity in direct messages they've received without parental approval, owner Meta Platforms said Tuesday as it widened its safety measures for teenagers.
#parentalconsent #livestreaming #safety #teenagers #News #World
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/instagram-livestreaming-rules-for-children-1.7504591?cmp=rss

My kids are on a short vacation on the west coast of Sweden.

It feels so good seeing them adulting and being happy.

They have an international (kind of) group of people slightly older than them and they having so much fun.

I love to see them live care free after 5 dramatic years in US where they were afraid of going out or to concerts because of mass shooting hysterical nightmare.

They have to decide what they want to do next year. It's truly fun watching them growing up into young beautiful women.

I'm so proud of them and I miss them.

Watching Adolescence with my teenage son left me with some terrifying questions
By Virginia Trioli

My son is the same age as the teenager in Adolescence. Watching it together made me realise the reality of the school kids in the show is the shared reality of our own child.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-05/virginia-trioli-adolescence-netflix-teenage-parenting/105133150

Mother of trans teen takes legal action over Queensland's puberty blocker freeze
By Janelle Miles and Emma Pollard

The mother of a trans teenager has successfully taken the first step in legal action against Queensland Health's director-general over the state's freeze on puberty blockers.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-04/qld-trans-teens-mother-begins-legal-action-puberty-blocker-ban/105071600

'Reform milestone': 20-year first for vulnerable children living in NSW
By Chantelle Al-Khouri

The NSW government has announced that for the first time in 20 years, no children in the state will be forced to live in high-cost emergency accommodation after the end of Alternative Care Arrangements.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-04/nsw-emergency-acommodation-children-families-aca-ban/105134404

Business Insider: Gen Z’s safe space. “Occupy Wall Street, Notorious RBG, cottagecore. These and several other lasting internet trends and IRL movements of the 2010s were born not on Twitter, on Facebook, or in the mainstream media but on Tumblr. You might remember it as the blogging platform that became one of the most hyped startups in the world before fading into obsolescence — bought by […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/02/business-insider-gen-zs-safe-space/

It's excruciating to watch Adolescence as a parent. Therefore, it's very, very necessary.

Here is my brief take on why Adolescence rocked me to the core. I wish all our children all the best.

https://arnel.bearblog.dev/adolescence-2025/

A few days late but today was the last inside day for our teenagers. They are in a makeshift isolation area in the chicken run to get acclimated to outside and the old ladies.

#PBS #teaching #teenagers #DigitalLiteracy #AI

'Young people are leading users of [AI], but many don’t know the limitations or how to use them ethically and responsibly.

That’s why the Poynter Institute’s media literacy initiative MediaWise, in partnership with PBS News Student Reporting Labs, created AI Unlocked, a five-part video series with accompanying lesson plans that breaks down the world of artificial intelligence in ways that teens can comprehend.'

https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/media-literacy/2025/poynters-mediawise-and-pbs-launch-ai-literacy-video-series-for-teens/

Poynter: Poynter’s MediaWise and PBS launch AI literacy video series for teens. “Artificial intelligence is everywhere, from chatbots and search engines to video games and face-swap apps. Young people are leading users of the tools, but many don’t know the limitations or how to use them ethically and responsibly. That’s why the Poynter Institute’s media literacy initiative MediaWise, […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/28/poynter-poynters-mediawise-and-pbs-launch-ai-literacy-video-series-for-teens/

Hooters and gay teens: Sweet article about waitresses being kind to gay teenage boys whose fathers are trying to impose heterosexuality by taking them to Hooters
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/opinion/hooters-gay-family.html
#teenagers #hooters #allies #lgbt #gay #+

#Firearm-related #deaths among children and #teenagers in the United States have risen sharply in recent years, increasing by 50% since 2019.

In 2023, firearms remained the leading cause of death among American youth for the third year in a row.

https://minnesotareformer.com/2025/03/21/youth-gun-deaths-in-the-us-have-surged-50-since-2019/

For teens' mental health, strong friendships matter more than social media use, study finds

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03-teens-mental-health-strong-friendships.html

Ars Technica: Mom horrified by Character.AI chatbots posing as son who died by suicide. “A mother suing Character.AI after her son died by suicide—allegedly manipulated by chatbots posing as adult lovers and therapists—was horrified when she recently discovered that the platform is allowing random chatbots to pose as her son.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/21/ars-technica-mom-horrified-by-character-ai-chatbots-posing-as-son-who-died-by-suicide/