A fake friend isn’t always easy to identify, because the behavior is often inconsistent. They’re great sometimes — fun, warm, present. Other times they’re cold,

You’ve probably heard that social media shortens your attention span. That’s true, and it’s worth caring about. But it’s actually the smaller part of what

Being surrounded by people and still feeling completely alone is one of the more disorienting experiences. You’re at lunch, at a party, in a group

The cruelty that does the most damage is rarely one dramatic incident. It’s the accumulation of smaller things — the repeated joke that’s always at

School and mental health are connected in ways that don’t get talked about enough. For a lot of teens, school is not a neutral place

Sometimes a friendship doesn’t end because of a fight or a betrayal. It ends because the two of you have simply become different people, and

There’s a difference between social media being annoying or emotionally complicated — which is common — and social media becoming a space that feels actively

When a test comes back with a bad grade, something happens that probably shouldn’t: it doesn’t feel like information about the test. It feels like

Drama gets a reputation for being a teenager thing — something you should rise above, not take seriously, or simply avoid. But the word “drama”

You probably do it without fully realizing you’re doing it. Walking down a hallway, scrolling a feed, sitting in a classroom — your brain is