This article offers suggestions on how to encourage your kids to develop more grit: http://www.cnn.com/…/grit-teaching-resilience-ch…/index.html
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Kids and screen time
This article discusses the impact of prolonged screen exposure on kids’ eyesight: http://www.healthline.com/health-news/screen-time-hurts-more-than-kids-eyes-101215#4
Read More »Teens and alcohol
A new study published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs suggests that being allowed to drink at home at an earlier age interacts with family structure in terms of its tendency to correlate with later drinking problems. The study found that “Teens living with both biological parents who were allowed to drink at […]
Read More »On video games
The current issue of Psychology of Popular Media Culture explores the effects of playing video games from numerous perspectives: http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=browsePA.volumes&jcode=ppm
Read More »Teens and texting
A new study out of the the psychology department at Delaware County Community College in Media, Pa explores compulsive texting, which can interfere with sleep and academic performance: http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2015/10/compulsive-texting-girls.aspx http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/10/12/compulsive-texting-takes-toll-on-teenagers/?_r=0
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