"The middle school crunch" is created at a time when there is increasing pressure on the student to live within a more complicated and demanding educational system, but early adolescent determination ...

The period from sixth to eighth grade, between childhood and high school, presents unique challenges. Understanding child ...

When my son started middle school, I was worried he'd face bullying, drugs, and self-harm. I channeled my nervous energy into buying him the perfect school supplies. I eventually learned to let go of ...

At the start of a new school year, educators often marvel at the transformations that students made over the summer. At no other developmental phase is this more evident than early adolescence—the ...

Higher testosterone levels during adolescence are associated with increased involvement of the brain's anterior prefrontal cortex (aPFC) in emotion control, but the opposite effect occurs during ...

An extended follow-up study conducted at the University of Jyväskylä shows that low cardiorespiratory fitness in adolescence is associated with higher risk for cardiovascular and metabolic diseases in ...

Adolescence is an age where proper guidance and sport can help children become better human beings. If parents understand children in this phase, they will also be able to take better decisions for ...

High systolic blood pressure in adolescence is tied to a significantly higher risk of developing coronary atherosclerosis later in life, according to results from a new Swedish observational study ...