teenagers Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/teenagers/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Sun, 04 Jul 2021 21:35:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Does the U.S. Support Forcing Kids into Marriage? https://smthingscount.com/2019/01/16/does-the-u-s-support-forcing-kids-into-marriage/ Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:47:46 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7677 A teenage girl in America forced to marry an older man in another country, then bring him in on a spousal visa.  A 49-year-old man

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]]> Cell Phone Addicts https://smthingscount.com/2017/12/26/cell-phone-addicts/ Tue, 26 Dec 2017 19:25:45 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6516 No kidding.  A recent study on teenagers and cell phones showed that when kids hear a ring tone or text alert their brains release dopamine. 

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]]> Grandkids Then and Now, Pt. 3 https://smthingscount.com/2016/09/13/grandkids-then-and-now-pt-3/ Tue, 13 Sep 2016 20:41:40 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4863 When I saw this, written by Annie Korzen and published in the AARP Bulletin (May 2016), I alternated between chuckles and nodding in agreement.  Because

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]]> Coffee and Life Lessons https://smthingscount.com/2016/06/03/coffee-and-life-lessons/ Fri, 03 Jun 2016 16:43:34 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4934 All too often we overhear someone laughing at or making fun of someone else’s misfortune or troubles.  It’s especially disturbing to hear it among teens,

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