Social Networking Articles

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• Where Have All the Bicycles Gone? Kids Today
  Childhood has moved indoors. What a shame. Children are meant to be running free in open spaces, ...
• When Crisis Becomes Chronic: What to do When Friendships Fade
  It’s a common experience. Something goes wrong in ...
• iDisorder: Understanding Our Obsession with Technology and Overcoming Its Hold on Us
  One of Dr. Larry Rosen’s friends feels he must be continuously connected to his electronic devices. If he is in a conversation that is more than 15 minutes long, “he excuses himself to go to ...
• Teens, Texting and Driving: Disaster in the Making
  Having been rear-ended not once but twice in the same month by teens who were texting and driving, ...
• Texting, Sexting… What’s Next?
  A mother with her three teenage daughters sat in my office the other day. Two of the girls were there for sick ...
• Does Facebook Help Students Adapt to College?
  Recent psychological research suggests that social networking can help university students feel supported in their first few weeks at school. Investigating the possibility, ...
• Is Technology Running Your Life? Set Some Boundaries
  I am not very good at separating my work from my life, partially because my work is a big ...
• 10 Tips for Setting Boundaries Online
  Good boundaries are important for healthy relationships, but when it comes to our online lives, we rarely think to ...
• Reconnect with Your Family: Have a Hotdog
  You may have seen the commercial on TV. A dad comes home, weary after a hard day of work. ...
• Future Babble
  At the end of the movie Back to the Future Part III, Doc Brown says to Marty and his girlfriend “Your futures haven’t been written yet; no one's has; so make it a good one”. ...
• Turning Acquaintances Into Friends
  Lonely? Go on an Internet search for how to meet new people and you’ll find dozens of sites. You know the ...
• Tips for Keeping a Parent Emotionally Connected while Geographically Apart
  The 2006 Census reported that 3.6 million married Americans were not living with their spouses. ...
• The Use of Technology in Mental Health: Applications, Ethics and Practice
  A growing number of people have lived with the Internet all their lives, with concomitant increase in the use of new communications technologies in therapy and in training mental health practitioners.  Editors Kate Anthony, DeeAnna ...
• Assisted Loving: True Tales of Double Dating with My Dad
  Bob Morris is lucky in love, a fact he doesn’t initially appreciate. Surrounded by people who care about him, Bob still feels lonely and adrift. He wishes he could find the right guy, the perfect ...
• The Skinny on Networking: Maximizing the Power of Numbers
  Jim Randel’s The Skinny on Networking: Maximizing the Power of Numbers, is just what it promises, a very concise and entertaining little book that can be read in under an hour. It utilizes a simplified ...
• Teens and Internet Pornography
  What should parents do when they discover that their young teen or preteen has been looking at pornography sites online? And what does it mean? Based on a survey of online victimization conducted by the ...
• Cyberbullying and Teen Suicide
  The headline took my breath away. In a town close to mine, a 15-year-old had committed suicide due to cyberbullying. Described as a charming and well-liked young girl, she nonetheless crumbled when targeted ...
• Finding Love after 60
  During the last few months of her life, my grandmother Ruth, then 93, was too frail for family to adequately care for at home. With much reluctance, she and we all agreed that a nursing ...
• Match.com — Again
  I gave in. I signed up for Match.com again. Awesome new men were not appearing in my life without any effort on my part, so I decided to try online dating again. Online dating ...
• Back to Match.com?
  Currently, I am interested in two men. Neither is viable as my new boyfriend. Dating in my 30s is different than dating in my 20s. I am able to more accurately assess ...
• Facebook: Enough Already!
  I have now heard it said by a few different people: Facebook is over. The social networking tool that the world fell in love with has become so thoroughly embraced that it is ...
• Social Networking Websites: What’s the Point?
  My local newspaper recently ran a story about how Facebook.com can ruin people's romantic relationships. The argument was that the site makes it too easy to get back in touch with former "significant ...
• Coping with Sudden Unemployment
  With all that is happening in our economy lately, we all have to realize that we could fall victim to ‘downsizing’ or ‘organizational restructuring.’ Just as with any loss, you are likely to face many ...
• Teaching Manners Breeds Empathy in Children
  "I don't teach my children manners," said my friend Sylvia. "I just teach them to treat people like they want to be treated." "Mmmm. Interesting concept," thought I. I asked what she meant. "Well, ...
• Post-College Planning: Build Your References from the Start
  "Dr. H. Can I see you for a minute?" A student has approached me after class. "Sure." I'm always pleased when a student shows some interest. "Well. I was wondering. Can you write me a recommendation?" Now ...