Social media is a minefield of dangers for teens, exposing them to extreme content like anorexia "thinspiration," drug culture, hardcore pornography, suicide glorification and even predatory grooming.

Cell phones, texting, IM, email, Facebook, MySpace–kids are interconnected today in ways hardly imagined two decades ago. But these technology-based communication platforms also enable new forms of an ...

One student asked a search engine, “Why does my boyfriend hit me?” Another threatened suicide in an email to an unrequited love. A gay teen opened up in an online diary about struggles with homophobic ...

American teenagers average about nine hours consuming media per day and tweens almost six hours, according to Common Sense Media. This includes activities like watching movies, listening to music, ...