What Teenagers Are Saying About the New Year
Happy New Year from The Learning Network!As 2024 ended and 2025 began, we invited teenagers in our writing prompts to reflect on the year that was and look forward to the one ahead. What resolutions and goals did they have for 2025? What good advice had they received that they’d like to apply to their…
Teenagers on the Greatest Gifts Their Parents Have Given Them
As a kid I was always so excited to receive gifts, and the idea of receiving a gift uplifted my spirit to the highest. A gift I received from my parents during my 9th birthday was a sketchbook, and little did I know from this gift would arise a new persona in me. I always…
Do Technology Bans Work for Teenagers?
More schools and governments are turning to bans of cellphones and social media to try to keep kids off screens. Do you think they help?
Teenagers on How Covid Has Changed Them
I found ways to keep myself busy like binge-watching every TV show and movie, going on bike rides and baking, but spending most of my time on social media. I never felt dangerously bored or like I was going “insane” from not being able to go out, but still I made myself comfortable with living…
What Teenagers Are Saying About Modern Parenting
Students react to an essay about the relentlessness of raising children today, and share how involved they think parents should be.
What Teenagers Are Saying About Being ‘Cringe’
In response to an article about “climbing cringe mountain,” students discuss embarrassment, surveillance and finding the courage to be themselves.
What Teenagers Are Saying About Their Fall Rituals and Traditions
Students react to articles about how we honor and celebrate the changing of the seasons.
What Teenagers Are Saying About Limiting A’s to Curb Grade Inflation
Students react to Harvard’s proposal to cap the number of A’s professors can award in an effort to make top grades more meaningful.
What Teenagers Are Saying About How Pets Have Improved Their Lives
Students reflect on research that shows pets keep you healthier and share the profound bonds they’ve made with their animal companions.
What Teenagers Are Saying About Writing By Hand in the Digital Age
Students react to a call for more handwritten letters and explore the cognitive and emotional differences between writing by hand and typing.
