School starts before the adolescent brain wakes up
Chronic sleep deprivation from biology colliding with the bell schedule.
2 solutions built for it
Later school start-time policies and Sleep aids, melatonin, and sleep tracking.
Where Safety meets Adolescence. The avoidance of injury, loss, theft and predation. Safety is the constant most likely to be solved by pooling: insurance, policing, regulation, and public health all work by spreading a risk that no individual can carry. It produces two kinds of business — those that prevent har…
4 frictions
Bullying, predators, and permanent records
Created by social platforms: the playground now has no edges and no supervision.
2 solutions built for it
Parental controls and screen-time software and Content moderation and reporting systems.
Teenagers are the most dangerous drivers on the road
Created by teen driving: the leading cause of teenage death.
3 solutions built for it
Graduated licensing and teen driving restrictions, Driving schools and Auto insurance.
Experimentation with substances, danger, and rules
The brain seeks novelty before it can weigh consequences.
3 solutions built for it
Adolescent mental health services, Age restrictions on alcohol, tobacco, and gambling and School prevention and counselling programmes.