Teenagers

Smartphone use by teens is skyrocketing. The Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project has new stats on how young people are using technology these days.

A new study finds African-Americans aged 12-20 are exposed to more alcohol advertising than American young people in general

Employers are hiring more teens for summer jobs than in past years, possibly because older workers who were desperate for any work are finding better jobs themselves.

The job placement company Challenger, Gray, and Christmas is predicting that teens will have an easier time finding jobs this summer. Employment in this age group won't be back to pre-recession levels, but nothing like the summer of 2010 where youth employment had fell to a 60 year low.

Another casualty of the poor economy in recent years? The 16-year-old behind the wheel.

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Mobile data use among teens has tripled in the last year

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