How to protect your teen against Covid: The pandemic’s lost generation

Throughout school, Charlie Dane had always looked forward to university, imagining it as the place he’d spend the best years of his life, meet new friends and spread his wings as an adult. What the 18-year-old didn’t expect was that he would spend most of his first term away from home in solitary confinement. On arriving … Read more

Teen shames ‘brainwashed’ mom punched in the face at Capitol

A Massachusetts teenager has outed her MAGA mom who got punched in the face at the riot at the US Capitol when she got into a fight with a cop.  Helena Duke, 18, on Thursday, re-tweeted a viral video showing her mother, Therese Duke, with blood streaming down her face after being struck between the eyes by … Read more

Teen shames ‘brainwashed’ mom punched in the face at Capitol

A Massachusetts teenager has outed her MAGA mom who got punched in the face at the riot at the US Capitol when she got into a fight with a cop.  Helena Duke, 18, on Thursday, re-tweeted a viral video showing her mother, Therese Duke, with blood streaming down her face after being struck between the eyes by … Read more

Sia defends decision to cast Dance Moms’ Maddie Ziegler as autistic teen in debut movie

‘I couldn’t make art without her’: Sia once again defends her decision to cast Dance Moms star Maddie Ziegler as an autistic teen in debut movie Music, after facing backlash for not using an actress with the disorder Sia once again defended her decision to cast former Dance Moms star Maddie Ziegler, 18, in the … Read more

Meet the blind teen pianist prodigy whose brain is being studied by scientists

Matthew Whitaker has been playing jazz piano for crowds around the world since age 11 – and has been doing so completely blind. Whitaker was born with retinopathy of prematurity that led to his blindness, but the now 18-year-old has caught the attention of scientists who want to study the prodigy’s brain to understand how … Read more

Meet the blind teen pianist prodigy whose brain is being studied by scientists

Matthew Whitaker has been playing jazz piano for crowds around the world since age 11 – and has been doing so completely blind. Whitaker was born with retinopathy of prematurity that led to his blindness, but the now 18-year-old has caught the attention of scientists who want to study the prodigy’s brain to understand how … Read more

Netflix and creators of Outer Banks sued over ‘stealing’ plot of teen drama from author K.W. Wooten

Netflix and the creators of Outer Banks sued over ‘stealing’ plot of their teen drama from author K.W. Wooten By Cassie Carpenter For Dailymail.com Published: 16:29 GMT, 27 December 2020 | Updated: 16:29 GMT, 27 December 2020 Independently-published author K.W. Wooten has reportedly sued Netflix and the creators of Outer Banks for ‘stealing’ the plot … Read more

Teen figure skater suffers rare genetic disorder her to have transplant at just 14

A teen figure skater needed a heart transplant after it was discovered she had a genetic condition that was turning her heart muscle into fatty tissue. Joelle Hammann, 15, from Lewiston, Minnesota, had just sung in her church choir in April 2017 when she suddenly fainted. The episode set off weeks of scans and tests … Read more

Teen figure skater suffers rare genetic disorder her to have transplant at just 14

A teen figure skater needed a heart transplant after it was discovered she had a genetic condition that was turning her heart muscle into fatty tissue. Joelle Hammann, 15, from Lewiston, Minnesota, had just sung in her church choir in April 2017 when she suddenly fainted. The episode set off weeks of scans and tests … Read more

Sia defends her decision to cast Maddie Ziegler as an autistic teen in her debut movie

Sia has defended her decision to cast Dance Moms alum Maddie Ziegler as an autistic teen in her movie debut, after facing furious backlash from critics, who demanded to know why she didn’t give the role to someone who is on the spectrum.  The Chandelier singer, 44, was met with criticism last month for casting … Read more