Harmful Screen Use Among Our Kids
Late last Spring, the United States Surgeon General issued an advisory warning regarding how to protect children and teens from the harms of screen use. The advisory tells us “harmful screen use among children and adolescents has become a public…
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Shutting Down the Tech
A few years ago, a Harris Poll uncovered some data regarding the attitudes of Gen Z toward technology. Keep in mind that this is the generation born between 1997 and 2012, the first of which could experience the iphone when…
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Episode 223: “Purposeful Parenting Summer Series – Rewiring the Rewiring”
Download the podcast as an .mp3 by clicking here.Access from Apple Podcasts. FURTHER RESOURCES Resources, links, or other helpful tools mentioned in the podcast:The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by…
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Episode 222: “Surgeon General’s Advisory on Screen Time” A Youth Worker Roundtable
Download the podcast as an .mp3 by clicking here.Access from Apple Podcasts. FURTHER RESOURCES Resources, links, or other helpful tools mentioned in the podcast:CPYU Research FellowsJosiah RiosMike TerryJake BierSurgeon General’s Warning on the Harms of Screen UseThe Tech-Wise Family: Everyday…
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When They Consider Suicide
During the months of spring and early summer, suicide attempts among young people tend to rise. Pastoral Counselor Karen Mason offers some great advice on how to interact with a person who you think might be experiencing depression and considering…
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