*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on NYMag. According to a new study of UK youth, a fifth of teens regularly wake up at night to check their social media. The paper drew from four years of surveys of some 480 randomly selected Welsh students. They answered questions about…
Trending Today on Twitter – 1/20/17 1. #YoureHired 2. #ThankYouObamas 3. #DisruptJ20 4. Donald the Unready 5. #USofScience 6. #MourningInAmerica 7. Jackie O 8. Makonnen 9. Zach Orr 10. #CheesyFilms Source: Twitter Trending Today on Google – 1/20/17 1. Fox News Live 2. Trump Inauguration Performance 3. Eric Trump 4. Miguel Ferrer 5. Melania…
I’ve never met a parent who says, “I want my child to grow up to abuse drugs.” There are, however, many twisted individuals making millions of dollars off of their pursuit of the desire to promote addiction. And for too many kids, a variety of cultural, situational, developmental, and personal realities combine to lead to decisions…
*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on MediaPost. The recently concluded holiday season was a brutal one for brick-and-mortar retailers. Consumer spending didn’t materialize the way department-store chains were hoping, and the repercussions have been swift and harsh. Macy’s announced it was closing 68 stores and cutting 6,200 jobs, sending…
Trending Today on Twitter – 1/13/17 1. #SneakyPete 2. Friday the 13th 3. #GrandpaUsedToTellMe 4. #ExplainAFIlmToA5YearOld 5. #TheyMightNotBeAsAttractive 6. Matt Garza 7. #FixingHealthCare 8. #DST104 9. Delta Sigma Theta 10. James Comey’s Best Service Source: Twitter Trending Today on Google – 1/13/17 1. Wet Foot Dry Foot 2. Nintendo Switch 3. Joe Biden…
*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on NBC News. Social media sites help us stay connected, but for younger teens, the cost of online connectivity can be steep. A recent report, “Social Media Use and Children’s Wellbeing,” published by IZA Institute of Labor Economics, found that kids between 10 and 15…
*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on MediaPost. We’ve all seen the staggering student loan debt statistics: It averages more than $20,000 and 69% of Millennials have student loan debt, according to the Federal Reserve of New York. What the numbers don’t tell us is what is going on…
Trending Today on Twitter – 1/6/17 1. #HighCastle 2. #fridayreads 3. #FlashbackFriday 4. Great Wall 5. #JobsReport 6. #FacialHairPopSongs 7. #snowpocalypse 8. Reyes 9. P.J. Fleck 10. Black Twitter Source: Twitter Trending Today on Google – 1/6/17 1. Greta Van Susteren 2. Chicago 3. weather forecast 4. Nicki Minaj 5. Tucker Carlson 6. Lily Pulitzer…
*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on HealthDay. Teens glued to their tablet, smartphone or computer for hours on end may be more likely to become obese, a new study suggests. Those who used screen devices for five or more hours daily were twice as likely to drink more…
One of the hardest parts about growing up in a Christian home is dealing with doubt. My doubts about faith came early in my teens, and I can recall feeling like there must be something wrong with me. Having taken classes, watched my parents and grandparents harness their faith in trying times, and…