Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 week agoWhy Confidence About Puberty Matters for Teens
Middle schoolers with higher confidence in managing puberty experience fewer depression and anxiety symptoms, regardless of age, gender, or pubertal timing.
These messages and dozens more like them could have been avoided had my daughter chatted with a classmate or waited to talk with me later. But just as objects in motion stay in motion, kids who have a cellphone use it. And my daughter has very much had hers while in school, when she's supposed to be focused on learning and engaging with the people around her.