Our Kids Need Relationships
It was way back in 2011 that MIT Professor Sherry Turkle released her ground-breaking book, Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other. Turkle was writing about the growing epidemic of loneliness, precipitated in many…
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Phoneliness
One of the marks of the young generation known as Generation Z is loneliness. These are the kids born between 1997 and 2012. You would think that since they are immersed in a smartphone world where twenty-four seven connections with…
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Isolation vs Community
The English writer John Donne is perhaps most famous for writing the words, “No man is an island.” Donne was communicating the fact that in order to thrive, we must depend on others and the gift of community. The Bible…
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Smartphones and Loneliness in School
There is a sad irony in the fact that today’s children and teens have more tools at their disposal to stay connected with others, yet there is a growing epidemic of loneliness. New research from San Diego State University has…
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Loneliness Epidemic
I recently did a Google search for popular songs about Loneliness. Apparantly loneliness is nothing new. You might remember Roy Orbison’s “Only the Lonely”, Gilbert O’Sullivan’s “Alone Again, Naturally,” and Al Green’s “Tired Of Being Alone.” One website features a…
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