Child and adolescent development spans rapid and interlinked changes in physical growth, cognitive capacities and social and emotional skills from infancy through the teenage years. In physical terms, ...

The five-year study will track about 5,000 adolescents to build Singapore-specific evidence on youth health, mental ...

Adolescence, the life stage that marks the transition between childhood and adulthood, is known to be a vital period for the brain's development. During this critical phase, people's mental abilities, ...

In the class of things that happen so often or predictably as to become truisms are the high-risk activities that teenagers frequently engage in, like driving too fast, using alcohol or drugs, ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Adolescence—beginning with the onset of puberty and ending in the mid-20s—is a ...

Physician-scientists at Oregon Health & Science University warn that exposure to air pollution may have serious implications for a child's developing brain. Air pollution causes harmful contaminants, ...

This summer, many parents find themselves caught between excitement and anxiety as they help their college-bound children prepare for the next chapter in their lives. There’s the practical preparation ...

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. Generations are not monolithic, of course. Many young people are flourishing. Taken as a whole, however, Gen Z ...

Suggested Citation: "5 Introduction." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. The Promise of Adolescence: Realizing Opportunity for All Youth. Washington, DC: The National ...