Helping kids with romantic rejection

The following articles about rejection are for teens: “My Boyfriend and I Broke Up. How Can I Feel Better;” “Getting Over a Break-Up;” and “Am I in a Healthy Relationship?” Teens can take a five-question quiz called “Rejection: How Do You Deal?” Visit www.kidshealth.org/en/teens/rejection.html. Rejection …

A review of 36 studies published between 2002 and 2017 indicates that teens use digital communication to enhance relationships by sharing intimacy, displaying affection and arranging meet-ups and activities. A 2009 longitudinal study of more than 1,300 children and teens also showed that children aged …

A memorial to honour Canadian teen Amanda Todd, who took her life in 2012 after posting a video on YouTube saying she had been blackmailed by an online predator. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward). The days of viewing bullying as “kidsbeing kids” are long gone. As former U.S. President …

“It is important for parents to recognize what’s going on with their kids, to see the negative things they are doing to cope, and hopefully we can provide more … They include South Bay Families Connected, an online resource to information, articlesand lectures; they can visit school counseling staff, a private …

There’s a precedent for stories about gay teens coming into themselves. At the movies, films with … As Simon, Robinson is both effortlessly charming and brusquely masculine in the way of teenage boys. Simon is a drama … Kids like Simon, in 2018, already have a good shot of fitting in. They don’t need this …

Ireland’s Got Talent finalists Fit Kids Fit Teens (FKFT) say they have been overwhelmed by the support they have received locally. The 14 strong hip hop dance crew, whose members hail from across Leinster, have made it through to Saturday’s grand final of the popular TV show. They got the highest …

Only about 50 percent of adolescents with depression get diagnosed before reaching adulthood. And as many as 2 in 3 depressed teens don’t get the care that could help them. “It’s a huge problem,” says Dr. Rachel Zuckerbrot, a board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrist and associate professor at …

I saw a school that looked like mine, with kids that looked like me, suddenly turned into a war zone. I spent the weekend after Sandy Hook … But the terror felt by the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School has been matched by their outrage and their desire to tell their stories. A student journalist …

NEW YORK – Like many stories of bonding and friendship, this one began over food. Annette Rotter and Akifa Saha are leaders of the Westchester chapter of the Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom, a network of women advocating for Jewish-Muslim relations and “changing the world, one Muslim and one …

To get a sense of what the walkout will look like, and what it’s like to be a teenagerorganizing against gun violence today, I spoke to Whitman and Winter Minisee, … Gun violence in Chicago — it’s not unheard of, it’s not an anomaly for a kid to be shot. … Honestly, they can just read a book or read an article.