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Exhaustion, exultation, excitement: The life of an FSY counselor
Groups of energetic adolescents in colorful T-shirts overtake the BYU campus each summer with weekly FSY sessions.
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Parents, BYU professor react to TikTok screen time limit
TikTok announced earlier this month their new screen time limit of 60 minutes for users under the age of 18, hoping to increase teenagers' awareness of how much time they spend on the app.
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Education Week: BYU professor shares how to teach teenagers the importance of service
Editor's note: Education Week coverage can be found in this section of the website.
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How digital natives navigate parenting in the internet age
Parents of all ages often express concern for the safety of their children. Many teach children at an early age about “stranger danger” and the importance of wearing seatbelts and helmets.
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BYU anthropology seminar focuses on religious identification of teens
People are leaving religion faster than they are converting to religion, and that is especially true of teenagers, BYU professor of psychology Sam Hardy said in this week’s Department of Anthropology seminar.
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Texas detention camp for teen migrants keeps growing
In this Nov. 25, 2018 photo provided by Ivan Pierre Aguirre, migrant teens held inside the Tornillo detention camp run at the facility in Tornillo, Texas. The Trump administration announced in June 2018 that it would open the temporary shelter for up to 360 migrant children in this isolated corner of the Texas desert. Less than six months later, the facility has expanded into a detention camp holding thousands of teenagers - and it shows every sign of becoming more permanent. (Ivan Pierre Aguirre via AP)
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Women’s Conference: Discussing tough topics with teens
High school teacher Julie Gowans and Alex Jensen, BYU School of Family Life assistant professor, said parents who have unconditional love for their teenagers find it easier to discuss difficult topics such as chastity, depression and sexuality, at Women’s Conference on May 4, 2018.
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Teen service increases self-esteem, research says
Students participate in various service projects in the Wilkinson Student Center during the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Outreach event. BYU researchers found serving strangers can result in increased confidence and self-esteem in adolescents. (Josh Ellis)
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15 of the most useless apps available
We remember a time before the phrase 'there's an app for that' was commonplace. It was a simpler time, but we're grateful for the technological advances that brought us mobile banking, Google maps and news apps that deliver alerts directly to our phones. However, along with all the apps that make our lives better come a whole lot of apps that do absolutely nothing. Here are just a few examples of the world's weirdest and most useless apps.
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ISIS-bound teenagers leave their family in tears
From left: Kadiza Sultana, Amira Abase and Shamima Begum
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