Australian teenagers suffering COVID-19-related anxiety and trauma, says Mission Australia report
Sydney, Australia Teenagers across Australia are suffering from increased anxiety about their education, experience of isolation, mental health and future prospects due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual Mission Australia report on youth says. The Young Voices of the Pandemic: Youth Survey COVID Report 2020, released on Wednesday, shows amongst those reporting personal concerns, 58.7 […]
New law to protect Thai fishermen seen boosting child labour
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation Teenagers could work as unpaid interns on Thai fishing vessels in a proposed change to the law that activists fear will encourage child labour. An amendment to a ministerial regulation – aimed at protecting workers – underwent a public hearing on Thursday in answer to years of global criticism over industry […]
Restoring hope: As teen pregnancies rise in Uganda during lockdown, Christian charities step in to help
JOHN SEMAKULA reports on the rise in teenage preganancies in Uganda during coronavirus lockdowns – and how Christian organisations are helping the young mothers…
A quarter of religiously affiliated US teens pray regularly before eating lunch at school – survey
A quarter of US teenagers who identify with a religion and attend public school say they pray regularly before eating lunch at school, according to the results of a Pew Research Center survey. But the survey of 1,811 US adolescents aged 13 to 17 found that the figure rose to 39 per cent among evangelical […]
ESSAY: SHOULD AN ISLAMIC STATE BRIDE BECOME STATELESS?
Writing from London, MAL FLETCHER looks at the case of Islamic State bride Shamima Begum…
ESSAY: ARE US CHURCHES WILLING TO LOVE THEIR YOUNG PEOPLE MORE THAN THEIR POLITICS?
In an article first published by Religion News Service, SCOTT MCCONNELL, executive director of US firm LifeWay Research, looks at the findings of a new survey showing an increasing number of young people citing politics as the reason they left the church…
ESSAY: NEW RESEARCH SHOWS AUSTRALIAN TEENS HAVE COMPLEX VIEWS ON RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY
In an article first published on The Conversation, Australian researchers ANDREW SINGLETON and ANNA HALAHOFF, of Deakin University, GARY BOUMA, of Monash University, and MARY LOU RASMUSSEN, of Australian National University, report on what their research has shown about the “spirituality” of Australian youth…
BOOKS: A “FABULOUS TOOL” ON HOW TO ‘GET’ TEENS
JANEY DEMEO, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, reviews former troubled teen Josh Shipp’s guide to understanding teenagers…
BOOKS: USEFUL ADVICE ON RAISING TEENAGE GIRLS IN THE DIGITAL AGE
DAVID ADAMS finds Michelle Mitchell’s latest book a useful resource for raising teenage girls…
TOOK YOUR PUNISHMENT
One day a friend of mine was in class with a casual teacher – you know what happens, everyone mucked up. My friend had some ball bearings that he threw against the blackboard to hit the girls in front; teenage boys! PICTURE: Rodolfo Belloli/www.freeimages.com The teacher was writing on the board and one of […]