Text-dominant Relationships: A Social Norm that is Killing Meaningful Teen Relationships
By Amanda Kimball Recently, professor Julie Dobrow, Ph.D., asked her students at Tufts University to take on a fascinating challenge: for one day, instead of texting family, friends, and classmates, they called them on the phone. If the calling recipient picked up his...
Kids’ Body Image: To Change Theirs, We Need to Change Ours
By Hannah Walker From social media comparisons to hurtful names and bullying in schools, body image has become a major concern for children at younger and younger ages. It’s common to hear kids in junior high and even in elementary school talk about their weight,...
3 Ways to Help Your Family Balance Technology
By Kyle Breneman I grew up in an average American family, but there was nothing average about the amount of time that I used technology! While growing up I spent hours and hours on computer games. I remember throughout middle school and high school spending most...
Helping Kids Build Mental Strength in the Digital Age
By Jamie Siggard Mental strength can be defined as the ability to make proactive choices, which requires the balancing of emotions and rational thought, enabling a person to be “mindful”, to choose rather just react. Mental strength helps to increase resilience,...
