Guest Post Series: The World According To Grace (Taylor)-Post #1
Hi, I’m Grace Taylor and The World According To Grace is my lifestyle blog. On my website, I explore topics including cooking, music, activities, going green, and current events. This post is the first of three in which I share ways to stay healthy and happy. In this first article, I will describe my daily […]
Read MoreToo Much Screen Time Hurts Teens’ Grades
A not-surprising finding from a recent study of teenagers has revealed that extra screen time hurts their grades. Specifically, one hour extra each day in front of a screen resulted in a two-grade decline (about 10 points) on exams and two extra hours produced an even greater drop in grades. Usually these studies don’t allow […]
Read MoreThe Ultimate Price of Our Hyper-Achievement Culture
A truly tragic story of Madison Holleran, a U. of Penn student and track athlete, who committed suicide in early 2014. On the surface, she was a happy, and successful young woman. But inside there was turmoil. It reminds me of Sarah Devens, another star student-athlete, this time at Dartmouth (I wonder if the fact that […]
Read MoreFascinating Article about Being ‘Cool’ at 13 (Hint: Not a Good Thing)
A fascinating article about a study that examined so-called cool kids as they entered their teenage years lost their way by the time they reached early adulthood. ‘Pseudomature’ behavior that resulted in popularity and being labeled ‘cool’ at age 13 was predictive of all sorts of problems at age 23. My takeaway is that the rush […]
Read MoreIs Big Media Slowly Killing Our Children?
Your children’s physical health is the foundation for everything they become and do. As corporeal beings, they, like the rest of humanity, are at the mercy of the fitness of their bodies to handle the ordinary challenges and extraordinary demands that are placed on them during childhood and beyond. You are responsible for ensuring that […]
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