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Addicted to the Screen

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

For the drive, his parents allowed him to use his Kindle to read or play games. They have installed parental controls which restrict the times of day he can use the device as well as the time he can spend playing games vs reading books on it. In Psychology Today article Gray Matters: Too Much Screen Time Damages the Brain, Victoria L.

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Are You Middle Class?

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Although that probably wasn’t true, by the numbers, it was true for us psychologically. The Atlantic’s article, Meet the New Middle Class: Who They Are, What They Want, and What They Fear , reported on a 2013 Allstate/National JournalHeartland Monitor Poll trying to get an answer to what is middle class?

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