*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on CNN. Instagram is the most detrimental social networking app for young people’s mental health, followed closely by Snapchat, according to a new report by the Royal Society for Public Health in the UK. Their study, #StatusofMind, surveyed almost 1,500 young people aged…
Splink 1: What’s It For? Look in the kitchen drawer (or office) and find some items your kids may not recognize or know their purpose. Some ideas: strawberry huller, melon baller, sifter, hand can opener, etc. Ask them to guess the purpose of each item. Each of these items was created with a specific design…
Trending Today on Twitter – 5/19/17 1. #AlienCovenant 2. Anthony Weiner 3. #FridayFeeling 4. #EndangeredSpeciesDay 5. #FlashbackFriday 6. #BikeToWorkDay 7. Malcolm X 8. Bob Beckel 9. #MakeAGoodMorningGREAT 10. Ryan Fitzpatrick Source: Twitter Trending Today on Google – 5/19/17 1. Nashville Predators 2. Johnny Depp 3. Basquiat 4. Supernatural 5. Jason Whitlock 6. Predators…
If you’re under the age of 35, you probably didn’t notice it. If you’ve been around longer than that, you may have picked up on it. It was the role caffeine played in the recent Netflix hit, “13 Reasons Why.” It seems that in just about every episode, some combination of characters wound up hanging out at…
I’m writing this while sitting on a flight with my thirteen-year-old son on our way home from Uganda. Yep . . . Uganda! It’s actually an interesting story how it all happened. I had an opportunity to join a mission trip to Uganda to pilot if for our ministry. The trip was one designed for…
Because I grew up in a Pastor’s home, we oftentimes had missionaries visit and stay with us. I remember listening to the stories and watching the slide shows they’d deliver during the all-ages Sunday School hour. These encounters shaped my understanding of “mission.” I rapidly learned that the Christian’s calling is to fulfill the Great…
I remember one of the hardest days I had when I first became a parent. It wasn’t watching my little guy get a shot and realizing that the world would hurt him in ways I would be unable to stop. It was the day we took our first family vacation. Let me…
*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on PsychCentral. A new study finds that children and adolescents would prefer that their parents limit what is shared about them online. University of Michigan researchers discovered sharing content on soccer games, family vacations, and reports of good grades are OK for social…
When my kids were younger, my wife used to go to the grocery store with our three toddlers. She would often joke that the cashier would give her a “certain look.” A look that she felt said . . . “You need to choose a man!” Now, why would she say that? Well…
I was curious about what was happening on social media yesterday. It was Mother’s Day. God’s good gift of mothers and the power of Godly parenting is what we’ve come to celebrate. . . or at least should be celebrating. I saw plenty of posts thanking and honoring moms. Some were emotion-inducing nods to mothers…