What makes Jenna Ortega think she can publicly trash her employer and get away with it? Everybody and everything — that’s what. Such is the punishment-free, cowering-in-terror, you-do-you, be-well world we live in. The 20-year-old star of Netflix’s massive hit “Wednesday” — already a national treasure in her own mind — recently said on Dax … Read more
A “dating dictionary” of terms used by Gen Z singles has been created in response to widespread confusion from older generations. Tinder has released a handy guide after research showed 62 percent of 18 to 25-year-olds feel they speak a very different language than older singles when it comes to dating. Sydney sex and relationships … Read more
On Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the agency’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey, conducted every two years, and it painted a grim picture for our young people. Among the more alarming stats: Most teen girls (57%) felt persistently sad or hopeless in 2021, which is double the rate for teen boys (29%). … Read more
Towards the end of 2022, Samantha Palazzolo, 18, stumbled across an intriguing TikTok video. In it, influencer Laura Galebe swore her secret to success was as simple as assuming everything would just work out for her, a philosophy she dubbed “Lucky Girl Syndrome.” Skeptical but curious, Palazzolo, a University of Illinois advertising student, decided to see … Read more
Call them Generation Zilch. No smoking, drinking, drugs or sex for today’s pre-teens and high schoolers. According to a new study in the journal Social Science & Medicine, people born between the mid-1990s and mid-2010s are partaking in far less risky behaviors than their wild-and-crazy elders. The change, the researchers believe, can be chalked up … Read more