When it comes to youth and technology, America is experiencing moral panic. Jonathan Haidt’s new book, The Anxious Generation, has amped up the alarms over social media and mental health. Other researchers, most notably Candice Odgers, offer a competing view…
We all want to matter in the world. The feeling is universal. In Belonging: A Culture of Place, bell hooks wrote, “I dreamed about a culture of belonging. I still dream that dream. I contemplate what our lives would be…
Quick. Close your eyes. You’re back in high school at a large, traditional school. But you’re struggling to attend, because you work until midnight most days. You don’t feel like you belong because of your identity. And it’s hard to…