More than 10,000 teenagers and underprivileged Hongkongers have benefited from subsidised dental care programmes launched earlier this year, with about 1,500 street sleepers set to be included from next month. The Department of Health on Wednesday said its community dental support programme would be expanded to reach more people in need and provide advanced treatments…
Hong Kong authorities should look into the impact of social media on the city’s teenagers and explore ways to tighten control over their internet usage, education and health experts have urged. Their comments came on Thursday after Australia became the first country to ban social media for children under 16 as it ordered 10 of…
A project offering counselling to teenagers with depression and anxiety in Hong Kong will be expanded next year to reach more students, after about half of those it has helped showed no further signs of mental health problems, according to a local charity. Mind HK, the charity running the three-year initiative, also offers psychological support…
What happens when schools ban cell phones – CBS News Watch CBS News A recent report estimates on average, America’s young people spend over seven hours a day looking at a screen. Now more than two dozen states are limiting scrolling through phones while in school. “CBS Evening News” co-anchor John Dickerson reports. Source link
Instagram-parent Meta announced Tuesday that teen users will now see content on Instagram that’s similar to what they might see while watching a film with a PG-13 rating. That’s because new content settings for Instagram users under 18 will adhere to the same regulations. The new automatic protections are being rolled by the company starting…
Academy Award-winning actress Julia Roberts says she worries about young people using their mobile phones too much as she feels the brain is “incapable” of processing so much information. The “Pretty Woman” actress is a mother to 20-year-old twins Hazel and Phinnaeus and 18-year-old Henry with husband Daniel Moder told Sunday Times Culture magazine: “Our…