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Unaccompanied immigrant minors face growing hurdles from the Trump administration crackdown

Many children are having to defend their cases alone before immigration judges, without lawyers, while the government has made it harder for them to leave the shelter system and reunite with their families

The Effective Altruism Kids Aren’t Alright

On sexual violence, Slutcon, and what happens when children take on adult responsibilities.

Viral Tweet Sparks Debate Over Children And Proper Parenting (Again)

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Richard D. Bartlett on Twitter / X

I absolutely don't know what I'm talking about but I'm forming a theory of ADHD. consequence of an absence of parental leadership in training the kid how to pay attention— Richard D. Bartlett (@RichDecibels) October 28, 2026

Opinion | All Children Should Be Delinquents (Published 2014)

It’s how they learn right from wrong.

Commission publishes guidelines on the protection of minors

On 14 July 2025, the Commission has published its guidelines on the protection of minors under the DSA to ensure a safe online experience for children and young people.

Open source confronts its midlife crisis | The Observation Deck

Midlife is tough: the idealism of youth has faded, as has inevitably some of its fitness and vigor. At the same time, the responsibilities of adulthood have grown: the kids that were such a fresh adventure when they were infants and toddlers are now grappling with their own transition into adulthood – and you try to remind yourself that the kids that you have sacrificed so much for probably don’t actually hate your guts, regardless of that post they just liked on the ‘gram. Making things more challenging, while you are navigating the turbulence of teenagers, your own parents are likely entering life’s twilight, needing help in new ways from their adult children. By midlife, in addition to the singular joys of life, you have also likely experienced its terrible sorrows: death, heartbreak, betrayal. Taken together, the fading of youth, the growth in responsibility and the endurance of misfortune can lead to cynicism or (worse) drastic and poorly thought-out choices. Add in a little fear of mortality and some existential dread, and you have the stuff of which midlife crises are made…

Teen Creates 'Sit With Us' App For Bullied Kids

You know when you're at a cafeteria, you've got your lunch and then you just don't know where to sit? You don't want to sit alone, but you also don't know who would be friendly and let you sit with them. Sixteen-year-old Natalie Hampton has been there. She's an 11th grader from Sherman Oaks, Calif., and the creator of a new app called Sit With Us.

Young people five times more likely to have no friends than a decade ago | IPPR

The number of young people with no close friends has increased five-fold since 2014Gen Z are more isolated, more distressed and less productive than previo

Parenting | The Paper Pilot

The Paper Pilot's digital garden of thoughts on philosophy, politics, and sociology

The Possibilities for Child Liberation

Children's liberation movements have challenged the notion that limited responsibilities for young people must come with limited rights.

Children today are suffering a severe deficit of play | Aeon Essays

Children today are cossetted and pressured in equal measure. Without the freedom to play they will never grow up

‘We need to reclaim childhood’: UK ministers urged to restore right to play

A steady erosion of outdoor playtime is impairing the development of infants, say experts

U.S. Social Media Regulations for Minors

The digital lives of American children and teenagers have become a focal point of intense national debate and legislative action. ContentsThe Federal Foundation: The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)The State-Level Surge: A Patchwork of New RulesThe Next Generation of Federal Law: Congress Weighs InThe Constitutional Crossroads: Free Speech vs. State RegulationThe Great Debate: Voices […]

How the KOSA and KIDS Acts will Harm Vulnerable Teenagers

KOSA & the KIDS Act harm vulnerable teenagers by cutting them off from online communities & support systems, & could be used to censor LGBTQ content for minors.