There’s a parenting memory that makes my heart ache whenever it pops into my head. We were brand new to the neighborhood and all my 5-year-old son wanted to do was hop into the game of backyard football that was… Read More The post Make Life Hard For Your Kids appeared first on The Center…
The following is excerpted from an online article posted by StudyFinds. Staying glued to your screen is not good for a person’s mental health, but the impact is even greater amongst preteens. In one of the first studies to look at the long-term effects of screen time, researchers have found a link between spending hours…
Halloween literally means “the evening before All Hallows Day or All Saint’s Day,” a day celebrated on the 1st of November each year. The name Halloween is a shortened version of “All Hallows’ Evening,” which is celebrated on 31st October. The origin and meaning of the festival of Halloween is derived from ancient Celtic harvest…
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The following is excerpted from an online article posted by MedicalXpress. Being a teenager is hard, confusing—and crucially important. Scientists studying teenage socializing have found that teenage friendships could lay essential foundations for well-being in later life, and that not just the kinds of friendships teenagers experience but the timing of those friendships is critical….
The following is excerpted from an online article posted by MedicalXpress. Frequent social media use is potentially harmful to adolescent mental health among U.S. high school students, according to research published in a supplement to the Oct. 10 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Emily Young,…
The following is excerpted from an online article posted by ScienceDaily. UBC research analyzing actual pedestrian interactions with vehicles on busy streets concludes that distracted pedestrians face higher safety risks compared with undistracted road users. Previous studies have speculated that distracted pedestrians, such as those texting and talking on the phone, are at higher risk…
The following is excerpted from an online article posted by MedicalXpress. Teens who faced high levels of emotional and multidimensional adversity in their early years are at the most significant risk for mental health challenges, a comprehensive 15-year study has revealed. These teens also exhibit significant differences in brain activity related to emotion processing, according…
My name is Elizabeth. My story begins in Ukraine. I never knew my father—he was killed in an accident when I was only one year old. My mom couldn’t cope with the grief, soon turning to alcohol and other destructive habits that distracted her from the tragedy. Financially, she could not support us, so my…
While we’ve had many years of travel speaking together on marriage, discipleship, and other topics, we are seldom alone and “just us”. Cindi’s sister and now our daughters Kristina and Kathleen and families have and will care for Joey when we have a ministry opportunity and travel. Even in those opportunities, sometimes to groups of…