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Youth

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Youth.

Video playlists about Youth

Blueprints for the next generation

Advice and best practices on what the newest generations need to succeed.

The rise of Africa’s next generation

What’s the biggest influence on Africa’s future? Its youth. Join the conversation with Africa’s present leaders who seek to inspire and empower the generations of leaders to come.

Speakers with dream jobs

What do you want to be when you grow up? These speakers have staked out the coolest careers — some you probably never knew existed.

Young inventors who are changing how we stay healthy

These speakers — all under 21 when they gave their talks — have big ideas for our health. Meet young people who are taking on cancer, asthma, injuries, even Alzheimer’s with a bold new approach.

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Talks about Youth

Joshua Amponsem

The absurd inequality of climate work — and how to fix it

Jonathan Haidt

TED Talks Daily Book Club: The Anxious Generation

Victor Ochen

The intersection of war and climate change

Mohan Sivaloganathan

The breakthrough power of young leaders

Scott Galloway

Why young people are worse off than their parents — and what to do about it

Scott Galloway

How the US is destroying young people's future

Robin Buckley

Why I gave my teenage daughter a vibrator

Michael Sheen

The magic of a creative career

Angeline Murimirwa

School is just the start. Here's how to help girls succeed for life

Sixto Cancel

A foster care system where every child has a loving home

Tina Yong

The rise of the "trauma essay" in college applications

Angélique Kidjo and Femi Oke

Why joy is a state of mind

Vanessa Nakate and Mary Robinson

The global opportunity to accelerate Africa's sustainable future

Tameka Montgomery

5 parenting tips for raising resilient, self-reliant kids

Trish Millines Dziko

How schools can nurture every student's genius

Zahra Biabani

The eco-creators helping the climate through social media

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Exclusive articles about Youth

A few ways to make the world more awesome: A chat with Kid President

Robby Novak seems like a regular ol’ 10-year-old boy with a big laugh and a tendency to fidget, if you ignore the fact that he’s also a YouTube superstar. The dynamo elementary student started making a series of motivational videos with his older brother-in-law when he was just 9. The videos went viral, and since […]

Posted Feb 2014

3 brilliant inventions from a 12-year-old scientist

When 12-year-old Peyton Robertson sees a problem, he is going to fix it. So when the young scientist noticed a perennial problem in his hometown of Fort Lauderdale, Florida –flooding during the region’s nasty hurricane season – he set to work building a better sandbag. Peyton’s sandbag contains an expandable polymer that’s lightweight and easy […]

Posted Jan 2014

What a girl wants? Fewer Photoshopped images of women in magazines, for starters

15-year old Julia Bluhm is a ballet dancer and body image activist. You might see a disconnect, but Julia sees an opportunity; having seen her ballet friends struggle with body issues, she decided to do something about it.

Posted Nov 2013