The world is focusing on new, shiny communication tools like Instagram and TikTok, but ye ol’ email is actualy still at the core of young people’s lives. Don’t wave off the 50-something-year-old tool yet because our What Gen Z Actually Do Online report found that emails are Gen Z’s most preferred communication method with businesses (38%), […]
In February 2021, Chanel Contos polled her Instagram followers asking if they – or someone close to them – had been sexually harassed or assaulted while they were at school. And boy, did it blow up. In less than 24 hours, more than 200 of her young followers (73% of the poll’s respondents) said yes. […]
A male nurse is a lazy Hollywood gag that gets a shamefully cheap laugh out of all of us. Meet the Parents used it to devastating effect when Ben Stiller’s character’s former CIA agent father-in-law played by Robert de Niro questions his choice of profession. This awkward exchange at the breakfast table in the clip […]
What better way to start 2023 than with a teaser of the top industries hiring Gen Zs in Australia over … A new online learning platform has been launched to help school leavers and young Australians to be aware of and …
So your child’s managed to land their first job. Woohoo! Now, while this is an exciting new adventure, it can … There’s never been a better time to get into tech. Figures just released by the Tech Council show the overall … When we discuss young people’s career development, we (rightly) focus on areas such […]
Yeah, we know. The question sounds like a broken record at this point. An argument (almost) as old as time. But as more experts insist on the negative impacts of homework, it’s time to really ask ourselves – has homework had its day? To be fair, there are indeed benefits to a little after-school study. […]
As your children graduate high school and think about leaving the nest it’s perfectly natural to worry about their wellbeing. However, research carried out by school-leaver service Year13 in conjunction with student accommodation provider Scape for the 2023 Gen Z Wellbeing Index has shown the additional benefits of young people living in purpose-built student accommodation. […]
Leonardo Puglisi is no ordinary Gen Z teen. Arguably Australia’s youngest journalist, he founded Channel 6 News Australia while he … You know the saying ‘slow news week’? Well, it’s safe to say the last week has not been one of … Hi there, reader. We have some important, yet slightly alarming news to share […]
Bullying has evolved as our technology has evolved. Name-calling and wedgies have now given way for the ability to bully … Let’s take a time travel capsule back to eighteen months ago. It’s early March, 2020. A mysterious virus in China …
When you think of apprenticeships or traineeships, your child might imagine not getting paid, having to work long hours or dedicating years to it before they get the job they want. They might also assume they are too young – or even too old to get started. But we’re here to tell you that that […]
Let’s be honest. Sport participation and adolescence isn’t the most iconic of duos. We’re all familiar with the stereotypes of … e know: getting your teen out of bed can be a drag. But aside from testing your patience, did you … There’s no doubt about it. School sport is incredibly beneficial to kids. The […]
I was always a sporty, competitive little kid. So when the opportunity to sign up for Little Athletics at the tender age of nine, I jumped at the chance (pun intended, not sorry). A few months later, I qualified for the state champs and was flown to Townsville where I took out first place in […]
Gone are the days when awkwardly rolling a condom down a banana and being bullied into abstinence out of fear of getting pregnant or catching a sexually transmitted infection constituted as sex ed. Looooooong gone. In fact, Gen Zs – who are much more willing (and comfortable) to talk about sex than older generations and […]
Cryptocurrency isn’t just for the tech bros, bro. Year13’s YouthSense research has found that 9% of Gen Zs have bought cryptocurrency – 16% of males and 4% of females. Gathering on Reddit and Discord to discuss Bitcoin, Ethereum and other digital currencies, they analyse news, exchange advice and debate economic theories. With low barriers to […]
