Youth and Next Gen
What is happening with the people coming up next.
One Missing Class Is Costing Students Thousands
Most American teenagers still graduate without a required personal finance course, and the gap follows them into adulthood in real dollars.
Why Do Most Kids Quit Sports by Age 13?
The majority of children drop out of organized sports right as they hit their teens. The reasons are surprisingly consistent.
Teen Drinking Dropped From 2 in 3 to 1 in 4
The reckless, boozy teenager is a stereotype the data no longer supports. Youth drinking has fallen for decades, and the drop is not small.
Why 13 Is the Minimum Age for Social Media
The age limit on almost every app is not a judgment about maturity. It traces back to a 1998 privacy law about collecting data from...
Your Brain Keeps Building Until You Turn 25
The part of the brain that handles judgment and impulse control is one of the last to mature, often into the mid-twenties. That single fact...
Why Can a 17 Year Old Walk Away From a Contract?
Under a rule that predates the country, most contracts signed by a minor can be canceled by that minor while the adult on the other side...
Half the Jobs You Will Ever Hold Come Before 25
Federal data tracking the same workers for decades found an average of 12.7 jobs across a career, with nearly half of them packed into the...
Why Savings In A Teen's Name Cost More Financial Aid
Federal aid formulas count a student's own savings roughly four times harder than the same dollars held by a parent. Where the account sits...
What Having No Credit History Costs You at 22
Millions of young adults have no credit file at all, and the price shows up in deposits, rates, and rentals long before anyone applies for...
Teen Crash Risk Doubles With Two Friends in the Car
The research on young drivers is blunt about passengers. One friend raises fatal crash risk sharply, two roughly doubles it, and an adult...
What Colleges Do Not Tell You About Picking a Major
The choice of major carries more myth than most families realize. Here is what the data actually shows about it.
4 Skills That Matter More Than Grades After High School
A report card opens doors, then stops mattering quickly. These four skills keep working long after the grades are forgotten.
What the Research Reveals About Teens and Part-Time Jobs
A part-time job can help a teenager or quietly hurt them. The research says the difference comes down to one number most parents never...
Why Can't Teenagers Just Wake Up Earlier?
Teenagers who cannot get up in the morning are not lazy. Their internal clocks shift later during puberty, and early school start times...
Why Do So Many Young Adults Still Live at Home?
Living with your parents in your twenties used to carry a stigma. The numbers, the culture, and the math have all shifted, and for many...
Why Does Everyone Your Age Seem So Far Ahead?
The feeling that everyone your age is winning is built on edited highlight reels and an invented timeline. Here is what is really going on,...
Why Do Big Decisions Feel So Hard in Your Twenties?
There is a specific kind of paralysis that hits in your twenties. It is not laziness or fear. Here are the real reasons the choices feel so...
Why Do Your Twenties Feel Like They Fly By?
Your twenties really do feel faster than your childhood did, and there is a clear reason behind the blur.
Why Do Young Adults Struggle to Make Friends Now?
Making friends after school feels harder than it used to, and the reasons say a lot about how young adult life has changed.
Why Do So Many Young People Feel Behind in Their Twenties?
A whole generation describes the same nagging feeling of being behind, even when they are doing fine. The reasons say more about the...
What Kids Lose When They Never Feel Bored
Boredom feels like a problem to solve, but it builds skills kids cannot get any other way. Filling every empty moment quietly takes those...
What Happens When Teens Never Learn About Money
Most teens reach adulthood having never been taught how money actually works. The gap follows them for years, and closing it early changes...
What Teens Lose When They Never Get Bored
Boredom feels like a problem to solve. For a developing brain, it is doing work that a constant feed quietly shuts down.
5 Signs a Teen Is Ready for a First Job
Age alone does not decide when a teenager can handle work. These five signs tell you more than a birthday ever will.