Teenagers

Are 16-year-olds ready to vote? We asked teenagers what they think
Teenage boys on bench
Voting

Are 16-year-olds ready to vote? We asked teenagers what they think

Critics argue that teenagers have 'limited political understanding and confidence'. Should everyone be made to do civic education – including your conspiracy theorist Facebook-obsessed uncle?
A single Home Office mistake ruined my teenage years and left me homeless for four years 
Asylum seekers

A single Home Office mistake ruined my teenage years and left me homeless for four years 

Seeing your kid off to university is a joy – but we had some wobbles on the motorway
Sam Delaney

Seeing your kid off to university is a joy – but we had some wobbles on the motorway

Could 16 and 17-year-olds really decide the next election?
Banseka Kayembe

Could 16 and 17-year-olds really decide the next election?

The story behind our Big Issue special edition created entirely by young people
Paul McNamee

The story behind our Big Issue special edition created entirely by young people

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
'We want people to think it could be their kid': Philip Barantini on incels, rage and new drama Adolescence
TV

'We want people to think it could be their kid': Philip Barantini on incels, rage and new drama Adolescence

Emmerdale star talks taking on a father's agony in missing person story: 'I hope it makes people think'
Mark Charnock, who plays Marlon Dingle, in Emmerdale. Image: ITV
Emmerdale

Emmerdale star talks taking on a father's agony in missing person story: 'I hope it makes people think'

Thousands of young people face homelessness every year. Here's one way you can help
Youth homelessness

Thousands of young people face homelessness every year. Here's one way you can help

BBC Breakfast's Naga Munchetty: This is how we stamp out teenage misogyny and sexism
Naga Munchetty

BBC Breakfast's Naga Munchetty: This is how we stamp out teenage misogyny and sexism

Top 5 young adult thrillers, selected by award-winning author Sarah Wishart
A young person in silhouette on a dark, misty road
Young Adult

Top 5 young adult thrillers, selected by award-winning author Sarah Wishart

'Being over-sexualised as a teen has grave consequences': NXKXTA on grooming and the Lolita myth
NXKXTA

'Being over-sexualised as a teen has grave consequences': NXKXTA on grooming and the Lolita myth

If you want to understand mysterious world of teenagers, try listening to them
A teenager blowing vape smoke
Rachel Burden

If you want to understand mysterious world of teenagers, try listening to them

Top 5 books about queer teenage romance, chosen by Helen Palmer
Two young people holding hands
LGBT+

Top 5 books about queer teenage romance, chosen by Helen Palmer

Shy review: Max Porter's spectacular novel unpacks teen attitudes to masculinity
Shy by Max Porter
Fiction

Shy review: Max Porter's spectacular novel unpacks teen attitudes to masculinity

Sam Delaney: My teenage daughter and her mates terrify me
Pizza
Sam Delaney

Sam Delaney: My teenage daughter and her mates terrify me