The Atlantic
Group fitness classes, with their shared routines, feel-good camaraderie, and a bit of silliness, create an unexpectedly perfect environment for building meaningful adult friendships.
Mingle News
The Wall Street Journal
My college initiation brought an unexpected friendship with a football player nicknamed ‘Lone Wolf.’ I feel for my son, who handpicked someone just like him.
The New York Times
Technology and loneliness are interlinked, researchers have found, stoked by the ways we interact with social media, text messaging and binge-watching.
ABC News
Australia’s Labor Party has backed legislation to ban children under the age of 16 from using social media, with enforcement onus on the platforms.
BBC
Four in five Japanese teen boys and nearly three in four girls have never kissed, deepening worries over Japan’s shrinking population.
Business Insider
A new study shows that Americans agree on more than they’re willing to admit.
BBC
Six lifelong friends, now in their 80s, have faithfully met for pints every Thursday since 1968, cherishing their tradition through life’s ups and downs.
Axios
At our most polarized time in living memory, the two parties have never been more unified on ideas.
Vox
Budget cuts and driver shortages are causing a decline in school bus services, leaving students stranded, increasing absenteeism, and forcing families into difficult alternatives.
Axios
Nearly half of Americans reported feeling lonely at least sometimes in the latest vibe check from the U.S. Census Bureau.
StudyFinds
A University of Michigan study reveals one in five parents fear their child has no friends, with shyness and social barriers as common obstacles.
The Midwesterner
Iowa school sought to curtail impacts of rising cell phone use on bullying, learning, and student mental health.
The Wall Street Journal
Chiefs cater to younger workers’ needs and give them advice; ‘nobody told them how to be.’
DNYUZ
In 2020, Harvard psychologist Richard Weissbourd uncovered alarming new insights into America’s growing loneliness epidemic, worsened by the pandemic.
Associated Press
Schools are tackling student disengagement linked to cellphone addiction and post-COVID isolation with bans and new activities to boost participation.
Associated Press
Schools are still battling high absenteeism post-pandemic, with one in four students missing significant class time despite creative solutions.
The Washington Post
John Paul Lederach has worked in war-torn countries, and he’s seen what works. People need to leave their bubbles.
Vox
No one is immune to loneliness. But some are more at risk.
The Atlantic
Solutions to the mental-health crisis striking young people in particular are within reach.
The Atlantic
Unfettered phone usage at school is hurting our kids and depriving them of connection. But it’s not too late to make a change.
The Atlantic
In many ways, a world built for cars has made life so much harder for grown-ups.
The Wall Street Journal
New research shows that when children grow up in a neighborhood where more adults have jobs, those children are better off economically as adults themselves.
Axios
A new social experiment in San Antonio uses the Timeleft app to connect strangers for weekly dinners, helping adults make new friends.
ABC News
NYU developmental psychology professor Niobe Way discussed her book, “Rebels with a Cause: Reimagining Boys, Ourselves, and Our Culture,” with ABC News.
The New York Times
The author of “Bowling Alone” warned us about social isolation and its effect on democracy a quarter century ago. Things have only gotten worse.
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