--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Teens ## Teens Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Jan 9, 2019 ## [The "Free Periods" Campaign Is Moving Forward in London](https://time.com/5498118/amika-george-free-periods/) by Raisa Bruner *  Feb 12, 2018 ## [There’s a War on Books in Prisons](https://time.com/5144400/theres-a-war-on-books-in-prisons/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by The Aspen Institute *  Jan 4, 2018 ## [Fewer High School Students Are Having Sex](https://time.com/5087451/fewer-high-school-students-are-having-sex/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alexandra Sifferlin *  Dec 12, 2017 ## [3 Myths About Your Teen’s Bad Attitude](https://time.com/4987876/parenting-tips-difficult-teenagers/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Alan Kazdin *  Sep 26, 2017 ## [20% of Teens Report Having Had a Concussion](https://time.com/4956249/teens-brain-injury-concussion/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alexandra Sifferlin *  Sep 19, 2017 ## [Teens Today Are Having Sex, Dating and Drinking Less Than They Used To](https://time.com/4946997/teens-sex-dating-drinking/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Amanda MacMillan *  Dec 8, 2016 ## [E-Cigarettes Are a Public Health Threat to Young People, Surgeon General Warns](https://time.com/4595011/surgeon-general-e-cig-use-among-youth/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alexandra Sifferlin *  Nov 16, 2016 ## [The Case Against Energy Drinks Is Getting Stronger](https://time.com/4569694/energy-drinks-soda-caffeine/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alexandra Sifferlin *  Nov 3, 2016 ## [How Making Films Together Changes Teens' Lives](https://time.com/4556182/how-making-films-together-changes-teens-lives/) by Carl Lakari *  Sep 16, 2016 ## [Fewer Kids and Teens Are Dying From Cancer](https://time.com/4496288/fewer-kids-teens-dying-cancer/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alexandra Sifferlin *  Sep 1, 2016 ## [Italy Is Giving Teens Free Money to Spend at Cultural Sites. It's a Strategy to Fight Terrorism](https://time.com/4476119/italy-culture-bonus-anti-terrorism/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Abigail Abrams *  May 16, 2016 ## [What to Say When Your Kids' Friends are in Trouble](https://time.com/4337179/what-to-say-to-your-kids-when-their-friends-are-in-trouble/) by Carey Wallace *  May 9, 2016 ## [How to Talk to Your Kids About Snapchat](https://time.com/4322000/how-to-talk-to-your-kids-about-snapchat/) by Carey Wallace *  Apr 28, 2016 ## [Teen Birth Rate Hits All-Time Low](https://time.com/4311581/teen-birth-rate-all-time-low/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alexandra Sifferlin *  Apr 7, 2016 ## [This Is What Teens Do When They Don't Sleep](https://time.com/4285012/teens-sleep-deprived/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alexandra Sifferlin ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/teens/","name":"Teens"}}]}] ```