A savvy teenager saved over $1,346 on driving lessons by watching YouTube tips — and passed first time. Ollie Bird, 17, ditched professional lessons after taking one which cost him $54 and started surfing the web for cheaper alternatives. He started watching YouTube tutorials posted by driving instructors and put the lessons into practice using … Read more
It’s not a glitch in the matrix: the youngest members of the iGeneration are turning to chatbot companions for everything from serious advice to simple entertainment. The age range for Generation Z is between 13 and 28, while Generation Alpha is between 12 and 0. InfiniteFlow – stock.adobe.com In the past few years, AI technology … Read more
As artificial intelligence technology becomes part of daily life, adolescents are turning to chatbots for advice, guidance and conversation. The appeal is clear: Chatbots are patient, never judgmental, supportive and always available. That worries experts who say the booming AI industry is largely unregulated and that many parents have no idea about how their kids are using … Read more
Vanilla dreams, dopamine schemes. Everyone knows nicotine is an extremely addictive substance, so it makes sense that people who might want to quit vaping — or not get hooked in the first place — would try a nicotine-free option as a safer alternative. But a new study suggests they might not be as in the … Read more
He proudly serves those who serve. A Long Island teen has started a smash burger business where veterans eat free, and a portion of its proceeds also goes to support current military members and their families. “These veterans are sacrificing their lives so that we can put stuff together like this,” the burger-slinging soon-to-be high-school … Read more
Millennials survived the original Y2K skinny craze — and now they’re warning Gen Z not to repeat history. Millennial model and content creator Kaila Uli is going viral for calling out TikTok’s troubling obsession with the “Y2K skinny” aesthetic — a look she says glamorizes the brutal body standards that dominated the late ‘90s and … Read more
A teenager recently went viral after she showed an unusual dedication to a popular Texas grocery chain and its tortillas. Nashville resident Anna Jones recently boarded a flight from Austin to Tennessee with an unconventional cargo: She had over 200 flour tortillas from H-E-B with her. Jones recorded other people boarding the plane, then confessed her secret … Read more
The kids are not all right. While many things have changed over this years, one constant that has remained is parents needing to keep an eye on the friendship group of their impressionable teens. Of course, doing so is arguably more difficult than ever thanks to the rise of social media. New research out of … Read more
Teenagers have a new excuse to hit the snooze button — as long as they don’t overdo it. Getting up to two extra hours of shuteye on weekends may help teens feel less anxious, a new study found. But if they sleep much longer than that, it could backfire, triggering more internal stress instead of … Read more
It was supposed to help parents sleep at night — now it’s their kids who won’t leave them alone. Thanks to family-tracking apps like Life360, a new generation of teens has turned the tables on their parents, using the digital leash meant for safety to spy, stalk and score snacks. The trend has been dubbed … Read more
Don’t be a worrying helicopter parent. A new poll revealed that most U.S. parents are wary of letting their teenagers venture out on their own — despite it possibly being detrimental to their personal growth and development. The team at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor surveyed over 1,000 parents across the country with … Read more
A paralyzed teenage Long Island wrestler says he took inspiration from a local fallen Navy SEAL to recover — and now hopes to follow in his hero’s footsteps and join the elite unit. Finn Schiavone, 16, of Bay Shore suffered a traumatic brain injury in the eighth grade after accidentally being tossed off a wrestling … Read more
It’s the hot-shot fix that took Hollywood — and now high school — by storm. Ozempic and other so-called “miracle” weight-loss meds are being prescribed to teens in record numbers, with prescriptions among 12- to 17-year-olds jumping 50% in 2024, according to Truveta. Another study from the Evernorth Research Institute, as reported by Reuters, clocked … Read more
Ariella Maizner is sew talented. At age 6, she took her first sewing class and discovered a natural affinity. At age 9, she launched her own fashion line, Theme, after friends started asking about the feminine frocks she was making and wearing to birthday parties and bat mitzvahs. Initially, she tie-dyed shirts on the roof of … Read more
Pore decisions, indeed. It’s no secret that young girls are obsessed with beauty — just look at the popularity of “get ready with me” videos on social media. In a survey last year, over three in four parents (76%) reported that their 7- to 17-year-old girls have a “skincare routine.” Young girls are spending big … Read more
Talk about a kid with a lot of heart. A 14-year-old from Frisco, Texas, developed a groundbreaking smartphone app to detect early signs of heart disease in just seven seconds. Circadian AI records heart sounds, filters out ambient noise and analyzes the data using a cloud-based machine learning model — all by placing a smartphone … Read more
A college professor recently told me that every time he shows a movie in class, the kids rip it to shreds. They declare all sex scenes gratuitous. With the surgical coldness of an audit, they scrutinize the characters’ power dynamics (say, a boss hooking up with an employee) and deem them wildly inappropriate. These little … Read more
Thirteen-year-old Kamila Gomez was so happy with the dark green, satin gown she chose on Saturday that she kept it on and left in the dress, matching tiara, jewel-encrusted clutch and high heels she’d chosen. “I love the way that I look,” Gomez told The Post as she walked out of the church beaming. Best … Read more
A young man from Adelaide has been confronted by a stranger in a Kmart after a prank went horribly wrong. The prankster teen filmed himself approaching an older man with dreadlocks in the underwear section of the store before asking him for the time on his phone. When the man pulls out his phone to … Read more
Cherries, apple, lemon? A child safety expert has revealed the possible second meanings behind those seemingly innocent emojis your children are using — and moms and dads might be shocked by what they really infer. “Fruit emojis have various meanings, some a little more lewd than others,” said Aneeca Younas of FindMyKids, a parental control … Read more