Here is the December edition of Teenagers in The Times, a roundup of the news and feature stories about young people that have recently appeared across sections of NYTimes.com. We publish a new edition on the first Thursday of each month.
For ideas about how to use Teenagers in The Times with your students, please see our lesson plan and special activity sheet, both of which can be used with this or any other edition.
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Education
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Civics, Politics, Economics and Business
‘They’re My Safe Place’: Children of Addicted Parents, Raised by Relatives
Nearly 27,000 children in Ohio were removed from their homes last year, many because of the opioid crisis. More than a quarter were placed in the care of relatives.
As More Mothers Fill Prisons, Children Suffer ‘A Primal Wound’
At least 5 million children have had a parent behind bars. The toll is exacting, from unstable homes to lasting effects on their well-being.
Migrant Teen Lay for Hours in His Cell Before He Was Found Dead
A video shows the boy in severe distress. He was discovered by his cellmate, not immigration officials, as they originally claimed.
The Yearbook That Victims of School Shootings Never Collected
The harsh, black cover of the book, which memorializes 37 people killed at the country’s schools last year, is meant to spur action.
Greta Thunberg Is Time Person of the Year for 2019
The 16-year-old from Stockholm rose to global prominence this year with her impassioned pleas for governments to take far-reaching action to avert climate catastrophe.
Greta Thunberg Is Taking a Holiday Break. ‘You Need to Take Rest.’
The Swedish teenager who inspired a global movement is returning home, as admirers and critics weigh in.
Trump Mocks Greta Thunberg on Twitter, and She Jabs Back
Michelle Obama urged the 16-year-old climate activist to “ignore the doubters” after the president’s comments.
Vaping on Campus: No Parents, No Principals, a Big Problem
Despite a growing health crisis that has killed more than 50 people, vaping has become an irresistible — and addictive — part of life for many college students.
One of the biggest myths about the beauty myth is that it’s female. Adolescent boys suffer from unrealistic beauty standards, too.
Too often, suicide attempts and deaths by suicide, especially among the young, become family secrets that are not investigated and dealt with in ways that might protect others from a similar fate.
