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Don’t blame tech for teen suicides
Don’t blame technology for teen suicides, writes Mike Males in the Washington Monthly. Rates are much higher for rural and small-town...

Joanne Jacobs
Feb 10, 20181 min read


#Recess2017
Banning cellphones during lunch time has forced students to interact face to face, says Rebecca Gogel, principal of Corona del Mar Middle...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 24, 20171 min read


Too young for a smartphone?
The average child gets his or her first smartphone at age 10, but some parents are pledging to keep their kids smartphone-free till...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 3, 20172 min read


Smartphone teens are lonely, unhappy
The “super-connected,” smartphone-addicted teens of “iGen” are lonely and unhappy, writes Jean M. Twenge in The Atlantic. “Rates of teen...

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 10, 20172 min read
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