Instagram makes teen accounts private as pressure mounts on the app to protect children

Separate teen accounts for those under 18 are part of an effort to make the platform safer for children amid growing backlash against how social media affects young people’s lives.

New York moves to ban ‘addictive’ social media feeds for kids

A bill would let parents block their kids from getting social media posts suggested by a platform’s algorithm.

Most teens report feeling happy or peaceful when they go without smartphones, Pew survey finds

Nearly all U.S. teens (95%) have access to a smartphone, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center.

Ben Bragdon: For their sake, we’ve got to let kids be kids

Commentary: We must continue to strengthen mental health services for Maine’s kids

Don’t allow our youth experiencing behavioral and mental health crises to continue to languish in emergency rooms and jails.

Commentary: For parents, August is the Sunday of the year. I’m leaning in.

Braced for the onslaught of school and after-school scheduling, I’m reminding myself that I’ll look back on this daily grind someday and miss it.

More teen workers in Maine are getting hurt on the job

Maine's Department of Labor says Maine's tight labor market is pushing more businesses to hire teens, partly accounting for an increase in workplace violations that have included injuries.

F.D. Flam: The spike in child mortality won’t go away on its own

Commentary: School-based clinicians on front lines of youth mental health crisis

Through direct school-based behavioral health services, Maine students are able to learn coping and regulation skills. Those skills are needed more than ever.

Commentary: Maine is an outlier for youth psychiatric treatment

L.D. 181 would require DHHS to eliminate the barriers to providing residential treatment for Maine young people closer to home.