Around 1 in 3 high school girls in the U.S. have seriously considered attempting suicide, according to new results from a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey from 2021, up from less than ...

Most young girls understand the cultural expectation to be pretty before they know how to read or write. Most young girls understand the cultural expectation to be pretty before they know how to read ...

As the evidence has grown that the nation is in the midst of a youth mental health crisis, it’s also shown that girls are at particular risk for mental health problems. Now, a new survey of thousands ...

A felt‑tip sign taped to the door of a private room announces "GIRLS ONLY", "Boy's don't Eneter!" [sic], and, by way of a cheeky flourish, "don't worry boys!". The sign is covered in colourful hearts ...

National Correspondent, "CBS News Sunday Morning" Rita Braver is a national correspondent for "CBS News Sunday Morning," where she reports on everything from arts and culture to politics and foreign ...

The expression “Girls will be girls!” can mean anything, because girls can be anything. Girls can be powerful, sensitive, kind, loving, brave, fearful, logical, crazy, and many other things. “Our ...

An article in the Washington Post recently declared “a crisis in American girlhood.” Girls in the United States are experiencing alarmingly higher rates of sexual assault, mental health issues and ...

Writer and director Shuchi Talati makes her Sundance debut with an evergreen coming-of-age drama. For better or worse, there’s a tradition of precocious teens on film. From “Heathers” to “Mean Girls” ...

For Craig McCracken, it was the sight of bootleg piñatas — made in the image of his tiny but mighty heroines — on storefronts across Los Angeles that were the first and most tangible indicator that ...

Exclusive: The Sundance hit will open at New York City's Film Forum on September 13. The film’s official synopsis reads: “A model student, 16-year-old Mira (Preeti Panigrahi) is the first-ever female ...

Based on the eponymous book series, Disney's 'The Cheetah Girls' premiered in 2003. See what the cast has been up to since the trilogy ended in 2008 Zoey Lyttle is a Writer-Reporter on the Society & ...