The following is excerpted from an online article posted by the Daily Citizen. In his latest book, The Anxious Generation, renowned social psychologist Jonathan Haidt argues smartphones and social media damage young people’s mental development — and contribute to Gen Z’s unprecedented levels of mental illness. American teenagers conservatively spend between six and eight hours…
The following is excerpted from an online article posted by the National Institutes of Health. Irregular sleep and late bedtimes are linked to worse grades and more school-related behavioral problems among teens, suggests a study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The authors stated that interventions to promote regular sleep schedules may boost…
The following is excerpted from an online article posted by HealthDay. U.S. rates of suicide by all methods rose steadily for adolescents between 1999 and 2020, a new analysis shows. During those two decades, over 47,000 Americans between the ages 10 and 19 lost their lives to suicide, the report found, and there have been…
The following is excerpted from an online article posted by MedicalXpress. The COVID-19 pandemic had a greater impact on boys’ mental health than girls, contrary to the findings of other studies, according to new research led by scientists at the University of Liverpool, Manchester Metropolitan University, University of Reading, and King’s College London. These findings…
I watch her as she circulates the room and I can see she feels uneasy. She shifts nervously from side to side and tucks a rebellious tuft of hair behind her ear. These kind of situations are hard for her and I know because well . . . sometimes, they’re hard for me, too. I’m…
I hear the familiar engine roar outside my window. Looking out, I see soil churning and my older brother pulling a piece of farm equipment through the field. Planting season is upon us. For my father, brother, and nephews, it is a season filled with long hours in the field working to get their crops…
Good Friday. . . thank you Jesus. As we grapple with the glorious and almost incomprehensible meaning of today, spend time looking at this David Arms painting that’s in our house. Arms writes this about his painting “Free”: The cross frees us from bondage… Read More The post It Is Finished. . . appeared first on The Center for…
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The following is excerpted from an online article posted by BYU News. Want your teen to graduate from college one day? Focus on strengthening their social networks within and beyond the family, says a new BYU study. Building “family social capital” during the teen years dramatically boosts an adolescent’s chances of eventually completing college, according…
During yesterday’s conversation over coffee with friends, I was asked a very general question about kids, parents, and parenting in today’s world. The conversation quickly turned to how new ways of parenting (think “helicopter”, “lawnmower”, “snowplow”, etc.) have done little… Read More The post Easter Weekend and Teen Anxiety appeared first on The Center for…