If you have a kiddo between the ages of 10 to 18, I want you to listen up because you need to be prepared for your next pediatric visit. Your child is offered alone time with the doctor and it comes as a shock to some of these parents who have 9-year-olds or 10-year-olds. So, we like to prepare them.
Although the decreasing prevalence of substance use among adolescents is encouraging, the decline is not as significant among teens experiencing suicidal thoughts and behaviors, as compared to their peers.
"A lot of my work is about increasing access to healthy food, in New York City and in upstate New York," Leak said. "I mostly work with adolescents, who are change agents in low-resource households. Often these adolescents are 'adultified' and drive household food choices."
Regularly getting a good night's sleep is important in helping us function properly, but while we know a lot about sleep in adulthood and later life, we know surprisingly little about sleep in adolescence.