Can a messy room and bad manners actually be a good thing?

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We got to ask some teens this question, and here’s their candid answers.

Mother and her teenage son

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What are ‘Mickey Mouse’ degrees?

A family of all ages standing in the kitchen, cooking and eating together

For teens embarking on those all-important higher education choices, it’s an unhelpful term.

Children in nursery singing nursery rhymes

Newborn baby wrapped in a wool blanket wearing a woolen hat

Parent high fiving child

Burger King sign

Mother talking to teenage daughter about sex

Teenage girl holding her phone

Two children studying together on sofa

Mother comforting her teenage daughter

Group of teenagers smiling at the camera

Protest banner stating ‘you can be masculine without being toxic bro’ next to cut out of writer Debra Waters

Selfie with mum? No thanks!

What is sadfishing as illustrated by a woman looking at her phone and crying

Two teenage girls walking side by side

A group celebrating their university graduation