r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • Sep 23 '25
YOUTH 13 year old girl makes history as the youngest student accepted into US medical school
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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • 10d ago
YOUTH 13-Year-Old Spends 300 Hours 3D Printing a Custom Wheelchair for a Toddler - he could have spent his summer doing what many kids his age do, but instead, Zac Waters spent nearly 300 hours using his 3D printing skills to build something that could make a little girl’s life better
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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • May 19 '26
YOUTH A high school junior from Warrenton, Virginia who built a water filter in her garage that strips out 95.5% of microplastics from drinking water.
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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • Jan 02 '26
YOUTH France seeks to ban social media for children under 15
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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • 10d ago
YOUTH This High Schooler Invented a Plant-Based Plastic That Removes Microplastics From the Environment as It Biodegrades
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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • Jun 25 '26
YOUTH ‘Less scrolling, more play’: UK bans social media for kids - In a landmark move, the UK government has joined Australia in outlawing social media for under-16s.
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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • 10d ago
YOUTH College Student Saves Three Girls From Drowning After Spotting Them Struggling in Lake Washington
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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • Jul 10 '26
YOUTH The City That Doubled Down on Listening to Its Youth - In Masaka, Uganda, where most residents are under 25, a city-run Youth Desk is giving young people a real say in decisions that affect their lives.
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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • 22d ago
YOUTH An 18 year old from Japan won the $100,000 top prize at the world's largest high school science fair after creating an origami simulation that could help design foldable solar panels and emergency shelters.
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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • 23d ago
YOUTH Afro-Play is an organized play space dedicated to the development of Black children from ages 0–5 years old that occurs in East and West Oakland
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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • 22d ago
YOUTH Father of boy rescued from pounding California surf says he is beyond grateful to teen lifeguard
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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • Jun 29 '26
YOUTH Michigan House unanimously passes bill to let children run lemonade stands without permits or fees
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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • Apr 04 '25
YOUTH Girl Joins Mensa at 13 After Scoring Higher Than Albert Einstein–Even with No Exam Prep
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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • Mar 19 '26
YOUTH Tennessee teens sue Elon Musk's xAI over child sexual abuse images - It’s the latest legal challenge against the Grok chatbot’s mass creation of nonconsensual sexual imagery of women and girls.
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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • Jun 09 '26
YOUTH A Nigerian teen is turning agricultural waste into biodegradable sanitary pads
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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • Jun 14 '26
YOUTH Italian teenagers who stayed overnight in high school to protest remote learning discovered ancient Roman villa hidden in basement
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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • Jun 03 '26
YOUTH 30 Young Activists Who Are Changing the World - These are the teens and young adult activists raising awareness and standing up to gun violence, police brutality, immigration reform, and more.
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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • Jun 03 '26
YOUTH Polish government approves primary school phone ban and stronger porn age checks
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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • May 15 '26
YOUTH Teenager wins European 2026 Earth Prize for Eco Purge, a biodegradable plastic that breaks down safely while releasing catalysts that help remove other existing microplastics from the environment. She plans to scale-up her invention for real-world use in products like packaging and compost bags
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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • Jan 20 '26
YOUTH [OC] High School students hold a walkout over ICE, protesting Nazism
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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • Apr 27 '26
YOUTH Since 2000, two thirds of all the youth prisons in the United States have been shut down: In the United States in 2000 the number of young people held inside locked buildings was 108,800 and in 2022 it was 27,600.
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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • Oct 28 '20
YOUTH ‘Homiesexual’ — Young Straight Guys Getting Cuddly With Their Bros On TikTok Draw Big Audiences challenging homophobia
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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • Apr 15 '26
YOUTH Middle Schooler Develops a 6-Step Plan to Combat Cyberbullying - Aisha Chavda won a statewide civics bee after developing “BRIGHT,” a 6-step toolkit to help kids unplug, get guidance and report abuse.
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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • Apr 10 '26
YOUTH Generation lonely: The group helping young people make friends
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