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Doomscrolling Is Literally Bad for Your Health. Here Are 4 Tips to Help You Stop
By Kate Mannell and James Meese Your Health

Doomscrolling Is Literally Bad for Your Health. Here Are 4 Tips to Help You Stop

Doomscrolling can be a normal reaction to living through uncertain times. It’s natural to want to understand dramatic events unfolding around you and to seek out information when you’re afraid. But becoming absorbed in bad news for too long can be detrimental. A newly published study has found that people with high levels of problematic […]

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Screen Time Is Contributing to Chronic Sleep Deprivation in Tweens and Teens — A Pediatric Sleep Expert Explains How Critical Sleep Is to Kids’ Mental Health
By Maida Lynn Chen Children

Screen Time Is Contributing to Chronic Sleep Deprivation in Tweens and Teens — A Pediatric Sleep Expert Explains How Critical Sleep Is to Kids’ Mental Health

With the start of a new school year comes the inevitable battle to get kids back into a healthy bedtime routine. In many cases, this likely means resetting boundaries on screen use, especially late in the evenings. But imposing and enforcing those rules can be easier said than done. A growing body of research is […]

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How to Overcome Repetitive Negative Thinking Through Meditation
By Anna Andrianova Your Health

How to Overcome Repetitive Negative Thinking Through Meditation

Do you ever find yourself caught in a cycle of negative thoughts? Maybe you ruminate on past mistakes, worry excessively about the future, or imagine worst-case scenarios? Do you sometimes have a great day, everything goes well, and then your brain says, “Hey, remember that time you embarrassed yourself in front of everyone? Let’s relive […]

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How Parents Feel About Feelings Can Deeply Affect a Child’s Development
By Gillian England-Mason Children

How Parents Feel About Feelings Can Deeply Affect a Child’s Development

How our families express feelings, talk about feelings and react to feelings can have ripple effects into the next generation. When someone becomes a parent, the models they had can become embedded in how they in turn parent. A parent’s organized set of thoughts and feelings about their own and their child’s feelings is what […]

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