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For failing students, lockdown was freedom, school is 'prison'

Joanne Jacobs

Sep 9, 20232 min read

For failing students, lockdown was freedom, school is 'prison'

School is "like being in prison," says 14-year-old Kieran, who has dyslexia and ADHD. He prefers doing physical labor with his father....

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Joanne Jacobs

Sep 3, 20231 min read

Fourth-graders are finding PornHub

Online porn is easily available to kids, addictive and destructive, writes Isabel Hogben, a runner-up in The Free Press's high school...

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Joanne Jacobs

Aug 6, 20232 min read

Parents, just say 'no'

"Gentle parenting" is bad parenting, writes Elizabeth Grace Matthew, the mother of three young boys, in Law & Liberty. Parents who are...

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Teaching fragility: 1/5 of undergrads are 'disabled'

Joanne Jacobs

Jul 30, 20232 min read

Teaching fragility: 1/5 of undergrads are 'disabled'

Colleges are disabling students, teaching them that they need not show up in class, complete assignments on time or give an oral...

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Joanne Jacobs

Jul 15, 20232 min read

'The Runaway Bunny' goes to college

A "dramatic mental health crisis" is challenging colleges and universities, writes Mary Dana Hinton, president of Hollins University, on...

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Awkward? Anxious? There's a pill for every problem, available online

Joanne Jacobs

Jun 25, 20232 min read

Awkward? Anxious? There's a pill for every problem, available online

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, writes Frey India, but it's more like Marketing Pills to Girls Month. She was inundated with...

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Should I go to college? Class of '23 worries about costs, feels less prepared

Joanne Jacobs

Jun 8, 20231 min read

Should I go to college? Class of '23 worries about costs, feels less prepared

The Class of '23 missed the last part of ninth grade, and many missed chunks of 10th and 11th grade as well. Forty-two percent say...

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Joanne Jacobs

Jun 6, 20232 min read

Why parents choose virtual schools

Virtual schooling has a bad reputation, writes Ian Kingsbury, a senior fellow at the Educational Freedom Institute, in City Journal....

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Surgeon General: Social media is hazardous for your kids' health

Joanne Jacobs

May 24, 20232 min read

Surgeon General: Social media is hazardous for your kids' health

Social media is endangering the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents, warns Surgeon General Vivek Murthy in a 19-page...

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Joanne Jacobs

Apr 8, 20233 min read

The politics of parenting

Permissive parenting -- known as "gentle" or "mindful" or "intentional" parenting -- is spreading among left-of-center parents, writes...

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Digital danger: Screen time is stealing childhood

Joanne Jacobs

Mar 12, 20232 min read

Digital danger: Screen time is stealing childhood

Screen time is very bad for kids, argues Michel Desmurget, a French neuroscientist, in Screen Damage: The Dangers of Digital Media for...

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Anxious teens: Are they working too hard in school?

Joanne Jacobs

Mar 11, 20232 min read

Anxious teens: Are they working too hard in school?

Dropping SAT/ACT requirements at elite colleges could make ambitious teenagers even more anxious, writes Derek Thompson in The Atlantic. ...

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TikTok sets limits for teens as mental health worries grow

Joanne Jacobs

Mar 5, 20232 min read

TikTok sets limits for teens as mental health worries grow

Social media is a major cause of the mental illness epidemic in teen girls, argues social psychologist Jon Haidt. Fifty-seven percent of...

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Joanne Jacobs

Feb 11, 20231 min read

What parents worry about

Depression and anxiety are the top worries of parents, according to a Pew Research Center survey, report Rachel Minkin and Juliana...

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Joanne Jacobs

Jan 28, 20232 min read

Happy days: Connect, care about others, cope

Happy people are kind to others and to themselves, says Laurie Santos. The Yale psychology professor is offering a free, six-week course,...

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Joanne Jacobs

Dec 29, 20221 min read

Fighting fears

Zidaan Kapoor, a math-loving 15-year-old, coped with his anxiety about severe food allergies by creating a "fight fears" app for other...

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Joanne Jacobs

Dec 29, 20222 min read

Protected kids become anxious adults

In an “Adulting 101” workshop, Kansas State students talk about "conflict" as though "it's this terrible thing," said Brett Mallon, an...

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'Are my kids going to be scared to come to school?'

Joanne Jacobs

Dec 17, 20223 min read

'Are my kids going to be scared to come to school?'

Two teen-age boys were killed yesterday, and a boy and girl were wounded as they left their Chicago high school at the end of the day,...

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Teachers were more anxious about Covid than health-care workers

Joanne Jacobs

Nov 17, 20221 min read

Teachers were more anxious about Covid than health-care workers

Teachers were more anxious than health care workers -- or anyone else -- during the first year of the pandemic, according to a newly...

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Some like it virtual: Will online students learn less?

Joanne Jacobs

Nov 15, 20222 min read

Some like it virtual: Will online students learn less?

Enrollment is climbing in virtual schools, even as pandemic fears wane, reports Asher Lehrer-Small on The 74. Online schools saw an...

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