Time for your weekly edition of the Defector Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. And buy Drew’s book, The Night The Lights Went Out, while you’re at it. Today, we’re talking about ...

The teens are not all right. Young people are more bored than ever before — and social media, apps meant for entertainment ...

More than 50% of 12th graders and 16% of eighth and 10th graders said they were often bored in 2023. Experts say the problem ...

Porridge adverts will not disappear from daytime TV screens, a health minister has promised. Andrew Gwynne was speaking as he told the Commons that consumers are “bombarded” with marketing for ...

milk advert and a familiar face on our TVs. Incase you've never stumbled across the famous ad or simply weren't born at the time, the advert came from the Milk Marketing Board during the 1980s and ...

Google has said it has updated its child and teen ads policies to increase transparency and make it easier for advertisers to understand these policies. Google added there are no changes to ...

A decade on from appearing in a groundbreaking advert promoting activity among women Telegraph Sport catches up with two of its stars Finishing last in a Parkrun is not usually the precursor to a ...

The authors share insights from five years of research into why many teenagers lose their love of learning, and how parents and educators can help reignite their spark. IE 11 is not supported.

Adolescents suffer from an image problem. Matilda Gosling’s Teenagers: The Evidence Base looks at the facts to dispel unhelpful stereotypes. By Hannah Barnes Teenagers suffer from an image problem.