Smartphone Dangers and Kids
A youth worker friend recently sent me a link to a short video he found online. The video was shot on a security camera focused on a downtown subway stop. A host of passengers stood back from the platform edge…
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Smartphones and Appearance Pressure
A recent research report from the City University Of London offers insights into how young women are feeling increased pressure to look perfect thanks to the advent and growth of social media. The report is titled “Changing The Perfect Picture:…
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Cell Phone Proximity and Grades
University of Pennsylvania Psychology professor Angela Duckworth has some great advice for parents that comes from the fruit of her research. Duckworth has been studying self-control in teenagers for several decades, and she has found that cell phones are now…
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Social Media and Depression
With the recent death of Saved By The Bell actor Dustin Diamond, I got to reminiscing about the early 1990s sitcom that took place in the hallowed halls of fictional Bayside High. I went back and watched a couple of…
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