Showing posts with label teens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label teens. Show all posts
Thursday, August 14, 2025
Baltimore police arrest pastor accused of abusing six teens
Warrant says Thomas Pinkerton told boys 'heavenly' kisses on the lips were how Jesus greeted disciples…
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Her teen son was being radicalized online — until she stepped in : NPR
Nihilistic violent extremism
In March, the FBI issued a public service announcement warning of "violent online networks," such as 764 and CVLT, that target minors and other vulnerable individuals. It has also shared informational reels on Instagram to educate parents and educators about these groups and share warning signs that young people may be under these networks' influence. The messaging attempts to convey the unusual breadth of activities and motives found within these networks, spanning from sexual gratification to building clout within these online spaces.
The FBI has recently focused on a relatively new motive within this area, for which it has coined the term "nihilistic violent extremism."
"The term Nihilistic Violent Extremism (NVE) refers to what is motivating some of these subjects to commit criminal acts," the FBI wrote in a statement to NPR. "They want to sow chaos and facilitate the destruction of society." The agency shared that it is pursuing at least 250 investigations tied to violent online networks. The FBI did not agree to an interview with NPR...
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/06/nx-s1-5479882/teen-forums-violent-extremist-grooming
Friday, August 1, 2025
Far-right extremists using games platforms to radicalise teenagers, report warns | Far right | The Guardian
Parents advised to be vigilant over summer holidays to risk of offenders using in-game live chats to target their children…
… with content celebrating extreme violence and school shootings also shared…
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Opinion | Nicotine pouches like Zyn must not be the next teen-addicting product - The Washington Post
But nicotine itself is far from harmless. Not only is it a highly addictive substance, but multiple studies have shown that it alters brain development. Use in adolescence reduces cognitive function; decreases attention span and memory; increases impulsivity; and enhances anxiety, fear and depression. Moreover, chronic use causes long-term changes in the brain's reward system, priming the brain for other addictions...
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
From the pandemic to porn, here's how norms around sex are shifting for Gen Z (Tonya Mosley; Fresh Air podcast)
When the Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade in 2022, the ruling didn't just eliminate the federal right to abortion; it also ushered in "a generational change in the way that people approach sex," journalist Carter Sherman says.
Sherman is a reproductive health and justice reporter at The Guardian where she's covered the real-world results of abortion bans, access to healthcare for trans people, and how technology is reshaping our view of our bodies and our choices. In her new book, The Second Coming: Sex and the Next Generation's Fight Over its Future, Sherman writes that Gen Z — which the Pew Research Center defines as people born between 1997 and 2012 — are having less sex than previous generations.
Sherman conducted more than 100 interviews with teenagers, young adults and experts for the book. She says the decline of interest in sex goes beyond the issue of abortion rights.
"We have the rise of the internet, smartphones, social media, porn. We have Me Too, we have the pandemic," she says. "Oftentimes, we think about sex as a thing that happens between two or more people in a bedroom. But in reality, the terms of our sex lives are often set for us in schools and school boards and courtrooms and legislatures in Congress and in the White House."
Sherman notes that during the pandemic, many sex education classes were conducted over Zoom or eliminated completely: "The emerging studies that we have on this topic show that teachers became very nervous, that parents would hear what was going on and that they would object to it," Sherman says. "And indeed, it is true that parents got incredibly incensed over sex ed over the course of the pandemic. And we really see that take shape after the pandemic."
Sherman says that much of the sex ed that now exists in American public schools focuses on abstinence only, rather than offering a more comprehensive take on issues of consent and sexual health. But, she adds, "I don't think you can really roll back the clock at all given the technological inventions that we've seen since the 1950s, birth control, the internet, women's rights in many ways. ... Instead, I really hope that people can look ahead towards the future and see what it is that we're living in now, as opposed to trying to do what I call sexual conservatism."
Interview:
Sherman is a reproductive health and justice reporter at The Guardian where she's covered the real-world results of abortion bans, access to healthcare for trans people, and how technology is reshaping our view of our bodies and our choices. In her new book, The Second Coming: Sex and the Next Generation's Fight Over its Future, Sherman writes that Gen Z — which the Pew Research Center defines as people born between 1997 and 2012 — are having less sex than previous generations.
Sherman conducted more than 100 interviews with teenagers, young adults and experts for the book. She says the decline of interest in sex goes beyond the issue of abortion rights.
"We have the rise of the internet, smartphones, social media, porn. We have Me Too, we have the pandemic," she says. "Oftentimes, we think about sex as a thing that happens between two or more people in a bedroom. But in reality, the terms of our sex lives are often set for us in schools and school boards and courtrooms and legislatures in Congress and in the White House."
Sherman notes that during the pandemic, many sex education classes were conducted over Zoom or eliminated completely: "The emerging studies that we have on this topic show that teachers became very nervous, that parents would hear what was going on and that they would object to it," Sherman says. "And indeed, it is true that parents got incredibly incensed over sex ed over the course of the pandemic. And we really see that take shape after the pandemic."
Sherman says that much of the sex ed that now exists in American public schools focuses on abstinence only, rather than offering a more comprehensive take on issues of consent and sexual health. But, she adds, "I don't think you can really roll back the clock at all given the technological inventions that we've seen since the 1950s, birth control, the internet, women's rights in many ways. ... Instead, I really hope that people can look ahead towards the future and see what it is that we're living in now, as opposed to trying to do what I call sexual conservatism."
Interview:
Thursday, June 19, 2025
Supreme Court allows Tennessee ban on gender transition care for minors - The Washington Post
Seven major U.S. medical associations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, called Wednesday's ruling disappointing and said it "strips patients and families of the choice to direct their own health care."…
Sunday, March 30, 2025
Alarm as Florida Republicans move to fill deported workers’ jobs with children: ‘It’s insane, right?’
The answer, according to Florida lawmakers, is the state's schoolchildren, who as young as 14 could soon be allowed to work overnight shifts without a break – even on school nights.…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/29/florida-republicans-immigrant-jobs-child-labor
Friday, December 20, 2024
What we learned about police officers accused of sexually abusing kids - The Washington Post
"Our investigation found that at least 1,800 officers were charged with these crimes from 2005 through 2022.
Of the hundreds of thousands of sworn officers in the United States, only a fraction are ever arrested for any offense. But we discovered that, on average, a law enforcement officer has been charged with a crime involving child sexual abuse twice a week, every week, for 18 years..."
Sunday, December 15, 2024
Study On Teenage Girls Highlights Troubling Trends | HuffPost HuffPost Personal
Two-thirds of girls are silencing themselves to be accepted...
Friday, December 13, 2024
Let’s Talk About Pornography. No, Seriously. - The New York Times
In February, Dr. Bothe was an author of a paper that found that some types of pornography could affect the sexual well-being of viewers. The study, a survey of 827 young adults, found that people who watched passionate or romantic pornography reported higher sexual satisfaction in their relationships, whereas watching "power, control and rough-sex pornography was associated with lower sexual satisfaction." (The study also noted that the passionate, romantic and multipartner material was more widely viewed than the harder-core categories.)…
Sunday, September 8, 2024
Cannabis use falls among US teenagers but rises among everyone else – study
Recent CDC data found that cannabis use decreased among high schoolers, from 23% using it in 2013 to 17% in 2023.
It is possible that state-level legalization has curtailed teen cannabis use, because recreational dispensaries are strictly forbidden from selling to anyone under 21, and are often required to scan IDs to make sure they are authentic, unlike many bars and liquor stores...
Monday, July 29, 2024
Texas sues Biden administration over teenage access to birth control - The Washington Post
Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) said he was protecting parental rights in Texas; analysts say it's an effort to upend a federal rule for the whole country...
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
Free contraception helps Finland reduce teenage abortions by 66% | Reuters
The number of teenage abortions in Finland fell by 66% between 2000 and 2023, its public health institute THL said on Monday, attributing the reduction to the offer of free contraception to adolescents and compulsory sex education in schools...
Friday, March 1, 2024
How teens benefit from being able to read ‘disturbing’ books that some want to ban
Here are six ways students told us they had been changed by reading and talking about edgy young adult books...
Friday, August 18, 2023
Teens much more likely to believe online conspiracy claims than adults – US study
Findings from Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), a non-profit that fights misinformation, showed that 60% of 13-17-year-old Americans surveyed agreed with four or more harmful conspiracy statements – compared with just 49% of adults. For teens who spend four or more hours a day on any single social media platform, the figure was as high as 69%.
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"This should be a clarion call – very simply, if these young people hold these beliefs in future years of their life, our democracy and the values that underpin it are under an almost impossible strain," he added…
Tuesday, March 7, 2023
What parents and educators need to know about teens’ pornography and sexting experiences at school
Without widespread comprehensive sex education in the U.S., young adults have identified pornography as a primary source of sex education. However, the pornography that teens have the easiest access to – tube-site pornography – tends to portray more sexual aggression, degradation of women and people of color and lack of sexual consent...
Saturday, December 24, 2022
Understanding the mental health crisis afflicting American teens (Dave Davies; Fresh Air podcast)
Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm and suicide have risen in recent years. NY Times reporter Matt Richtel says we lack the therapists and treatment centers to care for teens who are suffering.
Interview:
Wednesday, December 21, 2022
FBI warns of explosion in sextortion cases targeting teenagers - BBC News
The scam typically consists of someone posing as a woman on social media and luring people into sending explicit images of themselves. The scammer then threatens to make the images public unless the victim sends money.
Children are being targeted in their homes using gaming devices and other apps, officials said, adding that scammers often encourage victims to move to a secondary messaging platform after making initial contact…
Sunday, December 4, 2022
‘I’ve lost my children to vaping’: the tragic stories behind the soaring rates of youth addiction | Health | The Guardian
How do you help a child who is addicted to nicotine from vaping to quit? It's a question that Australian parents and doctors are now grappling with…
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Former Kansas cop charged in conspiracy with drug dealers to rape teens - The Washington Post
Federal prosecutors say Roger Golubski, 69, took protection payments from three men who used the Delevan apartment building as a base for criminal activities, including prostitution and drug dealing. Golubski, also is accused of sexually assaulting girls, ranging in age from 13 to 17, at the apartment complex from 1996 to 1998…
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