How to talk to teens about drugs and alcohol
Dr. Sheryl Ziegler sits down with "CBS Mornings" to share tips on how parents can talk about drugs and alcohol with their teens.
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Dr. Sheryl Ziegler sits down with "CBS Mornings" to share tips on how parents can talk about drugs and alcohol with their teens.
A new study shows that more teen girls are vaping than boys. This comes after Selena Gomez recently shared that vaping changed her voice. Dr. Abbey Masonbrink, a pediatric hospitalist at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, explains what could be the driving factor in the increase in vaping. Lilia Luciano reports.
A growing movement across the U.S. is pushing to lower the voting age to 16 for local elections. CBS News correspondent Natalie Brand visited a couple of the cities that have already taken the step to see how it's working.
Meta has reached a landmark legal settlement with dozens of states over claims that the social media giant intentionally designed addictive platforms that harmed the mental health of teenagers. CBS News MoneyWatch correspondent Kelly O'Grady has the details.
Large gatherings of young people, often spurred by online invites, can lead to violence and injuries, even death.
A growing number of U.S. cities are trying to crack down on so-called teen takeovers, when large groups of young people gather in a public place, often in response to online invites. Some of the events have ended with violence and arrests. Mark Strassmann shows how some cities are responding.
Meta announced it is introducing new features to help protect teens using Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp, including alerting a parent if their child discusses self-harm with one of its AI chatbots. Kelly O'Grady explains.
When parents and educators in Greystones, Ireland saw children dealing with increasing anxiety, they acted – and took phones out of the equation.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer hopes to have a ban on kids using social media that is "designed to be addictive" enacted by early next year.
A new report finds summer hiring for teens is expected to fall to its lowest level in nearly 80 years. Harvard economist and CBS News contributor Roland Fryer explains what's driving the decline.
The Wall Street Journal reports that this summer is expected to be the worst for teen jobs since 1948, when the federal government started tracking the data. Ray A. Smith, a reporter covering career and workplace issues at the Wall Street Journal, joins "The Daily Report" to discuss.
Police in North Carolina say two teenagers were killed and several others were injured after a shooting on Monday morning near a middle school. CBS News correspondent Shanelle Kaul has more.
Jury deliberations are underway in a landmark social media trial about addiction claims. CBS News correspondent Carter Evans has the details.
For a period of one week, three New Jersey teens agreed not to take their phones to bed, and to try different tools to reduce screen time during the day. Meg Oliver has the story.
A Georgia community is in mourning after a beloved teacher died during an alleged student prank gone wrong. CBS News correspondent Elaine Quijano reports.
Starting next week, parents will get an alert if their teen repeatedly searches for certain terms related to self-harm or suicide in a short time span.
Meta and Google are facing claims in court that their apps deliberately addict children. Dr. Courtney Blackwell, associate professor in medical social sciences at Northwestern University, joins CBS News to discuss her research on the subject.
Parents who lost their daughter to suicide say Character.AI chatbots led her down a dark and sexually explicit path. Sharyn Alfonsi investigates the scale and dangers of what's unfolding inside this rapidly growing AI technology.
Elaine Quijano reports on a program called Generation S.O.S., which brings in young adults who have struggled with mental health and substance abuse to have conversations with high school students.
High schoolers in Heflin, Alabama, unknowingly launched a friendly war with the local police department after making the mistake of toilet papering their headquarters. Steve Hartman goes "On the Road" for the story.
A recent report estimates on average, America's young people spend over seven hours a day looking at a screen. Now more than two dozen states are limiting scrolling through phones while in school. "CBS Evening News" co-anchor John Dickerson reports.
The new restrictions for teen users are gradually rolling out starting Tuesday and will be fully implemented by the end of the year, Meta said.
The head of Instagram announced new restrictions for users with teen accounts, which include filtering the content on their feeds, similar to what they might see while watching a PG-13 movie. Kurt Wagner, senior reporter for Bloomberg News, joins CBS News to discuss the new changes.
According to a survey by the Pew Research Center, only 38% of teen boys say they are comfortable talking about their mental health with friends.
Adam Yamaguchi visits a high school in Ohio that's offering a unique space to broaden young men's perspective of themselves and each other.