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South Africa has normalised heavy drinking and policy alone won’t change that – it has to be a cultural shift. Photo: File

Stop ignoring the heavy drinking red flags

It will take more than policy to change South Africans’ excessive use of alcohol; we all need to take part in the Sober Curious movement

Tragic: Lukhanyo Jongqo was just 14 when he committed suicide after being bullied at school in the Eastern Cape

Teen suicides are a clarion call to protect queer children

Many South African schools are still sites of queerphobia, and slow cultural change means that activists may not be alive to see the changes they are fighting for

The theme for World Health Day is ‘healthy beginnings, hopeful futures’ and aims to encourage governments to take actions to reduce mothers’ deaths during pregnancy and childbirth.

Youth-focused programmes are a crucial component of preventing teenage pregnancy

A multi-stakeholder approach has been implement to improve teenagers’ access to sexual and reproductive health rights services

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Here’s the story: The psychological effects of the pandemic on children

A free webinar discusses how to help young people struggling to find their place in the new normal without classmates and friends

Mandla Makupula

​That awkward but vital sex chat with your kids

Parents and their offspring find it hard to talk openly about sex, but they should.

Could a set of smart tweaks to teaching practice nudge learners towards progressively taking control of their own learning?

​Summer Books 2016: Children’s books

Here are three children’s books that are our top picks.

City rooster

From urban roosters to warrior kings

Pat Schwartz reviews this autumn’s books for youth.

Agony uncle: Radiohead’s Thom Yorke drew from personal experience when doling out advice on a teen website.

Sex, drugs and sound advice

A few artists take time out of their rock ‘n roll lifestyles to offer teenagers guidance.

‘The Hunger Games’ studios pushes new strong women protaganists

The film industry is aiming its lights on ever darker films for teenagers. The future doesn’t look happy but luckily it often has strong female leads.

Mother’s vow to ‘save one more teen’

Suicides among teenagers are on the rise, but parents can be taught to spot the warning signs.

An extremist right-wing survival camp

Afrikaner blood

An extremist right-wing survival camp, about 230km east of Jo’burg, is breeding virulent racism, training teenage boys in its ideology.

Township teens give stories top marks

Although many publications have been produced for the youth market, few tell their stories through the eyes of young people living in the townships.

Hanging out with India’s first real teenagers

They gather in malls, armed with money and mobiles. They’re India’s latest phenomenon — the subcontinent’s first generation of real teenagers

Teen angst for the 21st century

The spin-off on the fabled 1990s teen drama Beverly Hills, 90210 premieres on September 2 in the United States.