Teenage boys were hit hardest by the Covid lockdowns, with their mental health failing to recover despite the return to normality, according to the most comprehensive academic study of its kind. Early research into how lockdown affected children indicated that girls had suffered more significant mental health problems than boys. However, a new study carried… Continue reading How Covid lockdowns hit mental health of teenage boys hardest | Young people
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Teenage girl dies after being forced to stay in a ‘period hut’ in Nepal | Global development
A 16-year-old girl from Nepal has died as a result of the illegal practice of chhaupadi, where menstruating women are forced to stay in huts outside their homes. Anita Chand, from Baitadi district, in the west of the country, bordering India, is understood to have died on Wednesday from a snake bite while she was… Continue reading Teenage girl dies after being forced to stay in a ‘period hut’ in Nepal | Global development
Teenage cousin of Uvalde school shooter arrested after threatening to do ‘the same thing’
The teenage cousin of the Uvalde, Texas, school shooter has been arrested after threatening to “do the same thing” at a local school, police said Tuesday. The 17-year-old, who NBC News is not naming as he is a minor, was arrested Monday on charges of threatening to commit an act of violence to cause… Continue reading Teenage cousin of Uvalde school shooter arrested after threatening to do ‘the same thing’