Nomophobia
I recently did a little internet search that resulted in learning just how many types of phobias and fears exist in today’s world. For example, Octophobia is the fear of the figure eight. Chromophobia is the fear of colors. Koumpounophobia…
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The Like Button and Depression
If you’ve watched the compelling and eye-opening Netflix documentary, The Social Dilemma, you are familiar with Justin Rosenstein. He is one of the many brilliant young tech developers who appear in the film to trumpet the personal and societal dangers…
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Pursuing YouTube Celebrity
A few years ago I was speaking about social media to a group of parents and teens at a church. Afterwards, a mom and dad pushed their 14-year-old boy in front of me and told him, “Go ahead, tell Mr.…
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Social Media and Idealizing Self
Is what you see posted on social media an accurate and honest portrayal of reality? When you look at the social media accounts of other families and other people’s kids are left feeling that your family is somehow an inadequate…
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Girls, Pictures, and Filters
Like you, I grew up in a world without smartphones. Compared to life for our kids in today’s world, our ability to take photographs was minimal. Cameras with film kept us from seeing what our photos looked like until the…
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