Joanne Jacobs
Fear not
Every night when I put my daughter to bed, I would say, "There are no wolves or bears in Palo Alto. They live a long way away." How old...
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Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 10, 2022
- 1 min
'My future is bright,' teens believe
Young people are optimistic about their futures, reports ACT. More than 80 percent of those surveyed believe their lives will turn out...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 5, 2022
- 2 min
Get kids off social media
"Social media is no place for kids," writes Yuval Levin in a New York Times op-ed. He advocates raising the age requirement for social...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jun 9, 2022
- 1 min
It’s a hot summer job market for youth
Working as a lifeguard was a dangerous job in “Stranger Things.” A red-hot summer job market awaits teenagers, reports Paul Wiseman and...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jun 1, 2022
- 2 min
When does adulthood start?
Here's any idea that will infuriate everyone but might do some good: Let's make 21 the official age of adulthood in America. No buying...
Joanne Jacobs
- May 26, 2022
- 1 min
Young males in trouble
We are failing our young men, argues podcaster Allie Beth Stuckey. That’s the one commonality in the vast majority of mass shootings....
Joanne Jacobs
- May 6, 2022
- 1 min
‘I’m sending my kids to screen-free schools’
Photo: Natureaddict/Pixabay Auguste Meyrat is sending his children to “screen-free” schools, he writes in The Federalist. As a teacher,...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 13, 2018
- 1 min
Those unhappy college years
Here’s more on the fragility theme: A quarter of college students were diagnosed with mental health conditions within the past year,”...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 7, 2018
- 1 min
The babysitter is a spycam
spycam is the babysitter, reports Ronda Kaysen in the New York Times. Working parents can use an array of security devices to keep tabs...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 5, 2018
- 2 min
Spoiled children
A college education isn’t intended to make people think any more, write Greg Lukianoff, a First Amendent specialist, and Jonathan Haidt,...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 11, 2018
- 1 min
What Gen Z isn’t learning in middle school
Middle schoolers are communicating more, but connecting less, writes Alex Whitcomb on Medium. Middle-school relationships are crucial, he...
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