
Culture Clips: How Often Do You Check Your Phone?
If you’ve ever wondered whether you check your phone more, less or about the same amount as “normal” people, well, here’s your baseline: 52 times

If you’ve ever wondered whether you check your phone more, less or about the same amount as “normal” people, well, here’s your baseline: 52 times

Many celebrities these days adopt political views that tend to align with liberal positions and politicians. But what about those who don’t? What price might

If you’ve been lying awake at night wondering what we’re going to name the kids born after Generation Z (those who arrived between 1996 and

What are you most scared of? Snakes? Spiders? Heights? If your phobias are the run-of-the-mill variety, there’s a very good chance you’re in luck. Why?

Perhaps it’s not exactly news anymore when Facebook announces a data breach. The ubiquitous social network has been as leaky as a perforated garden hose

In my 2011 book, Plugged-In Parenting, I included a chapter titled, “Ten Things You Can Do to End Fights Over Family Entertainment.” One of those

We all probably have a favorite photo of ourselves—the one we use on our Facebook pages and Christmas cards, the one where the light was

When I was in elementary school, I was frightened terribly by a boy named Winfred. Winfred was a huge (I thought) fifth-grade bully. Somehow I

Does it feel like screens are eating your life? Maybe they are. At least, metaphorically speaking. In the first quarter of 2018, the data hawks

Are the kids alright? It’s a question that many in our culture return to again and again. Rightly so: Today’s children represent the future of
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